Anyone with Canadian fire insurance maps care to interpret this for U.S.
libraries?

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Subject:        Re: Fire Insurance Plan-Copyright
Date:   Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:31:26 -0400
From:   Marcel Fortin <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:       CARTA-L : Canadian Map & GIS Libraries and Archives
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This is fantastic news. All map libraries and the ACMLA should hire this
lawyer!

B Fiset wrote:
> Concerning the rights of the Fire Insurance plans, we hear many things
> some says they are free of right some say the copyright stand for 90
> years after theire publication.
> The City of Québec ask their legal advisor (contentieux in french) to
> look at all this and to determine what is the time for which Fire
> insurance plans are copyright. after few month theire answer is...50
> year after the year of publication. So all Fire Insurance Plans prior to
> 1959 are Copyright free. I know the BANQ have the same legal advise.
>
> I think it's a great news.
>
> _____________________________
>
> *Benoit Fiset*
>
> Technicien en Géomatique
> Division design, architecture et patrimoine
>
> **
>
> **
>
> *Ville de Québec
> **Aménagement du territoire
> 295, Charest Est, bureau 158*
>
> *Téléphone : (418) 641-6411, poste 2137*
>
> *//*
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> *//*
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Marcel Fortin, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Map Librarian
Data, Map and GIS Centre
University of Toronto 5038 Robarts Library
130 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
fax: 416-946-0522 www.library.utoronto.ca/maplib