Template talk:PD-Italy

Corrected wording needed
The page currently reads in part:


 * it is not under United States copyright if it was first published between January 1, 1923 to 1977 and ...

First, this is ungrammatical: it's from/to or between/end. Also, if 1923 is set off by a comma, it needs one after it as well (alternatively, another date format could be used).

Second, it doesn't make sense to quote the start date as a day and the end date only as a year. Is it meant to mean January 1, 1977 (repeating the date already given), or December 31, 1977 (implying that the whole year is included)? Are the dates meant to be inclusive or exclusive, or one of each?

Third, I don't know why the start date is being given anyway. Isn't everything that was published before 1923 public domain in the US in any case?

I'm not touching this, as it is a legal notice and I'm not suitably qualified. But someone who knows the relevant law needs to fix it so it clearly says the right thing.

--207.176.159.90 (talk) 01:12, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Correcting tag as per Art. 189
Article 189: "'The provisions of Article 185 shall apply to cinematographic works, to phonograph records or like devices, to the rights of performers, to photographs and to engineering works, if such works or products are created in Italy or may be considered national works within the meaning of this Law or any other special law.'"

The template incorrectly stated that only photograph works created in Italy should be included under Italian copyright. Article 189, however, also includes works which may be considered "national"..."within the meaning of this Law...".--Darius (talk) 01:16, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Template:PD-Italy/doc
I have just added documentation to Template:PD-Italy and moved the categories and interwikis to Template:PD-Italy/doc. High-risk templates prompted me to do this, but please adjust my wording and example as necessary. -84user (talk) 15:03, 15 September 2010 (UTC)