[copied direct to Tom Brittnacher at UCSB, who is welcome to forward this to ‘MAPS-L’]
Doubtless some – especially those who are also Charles Close Society members – would kindly respond to this enquiry, with suitable citations and email addresses for possible further discussion.
I remember a post-glasnost BCS Annual Symposium when I brought up, following a presentation on this material, this same question: it was met with Andrew Tatham’s guarded non-committal response (i.e. ‘we don’t know’; or ‘we’ll let you know after discussion with OS et al.’)J
Francis Herbert (former Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
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Sent: 23 January 2017 19:33
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Subject: Soviet military maps and copyright
Has anyone dealt with Soviet military maps from a copyright perspective, such as when reproducing maps or making map scans available online? What is your interpretation of copyright law regarding Soviet materials? Although they didn't sign the Berne Convention, they became a signatory of the Universal Copyright Convention in 1973. This stuff is usually best left to copyright lawyers, but in the meantime, are there any thoughts?
Thanks,
Tom
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Tom Brittnacher
Geospatial Data Curator
UCSB Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010