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Comment 8 for bug 183053

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kaplanmyrth (andy-kaplan-myrth) wrote : Re: [Bug 183053] Re: need support for pseudonymously and anonymously published works

Yes, in the Canadian Copyright Act at least, unknown authorship =
anonymous publication. The relevant sections are titled "Anonymous and
pseudonymous works", but their text says, "... where the identity of the
author of a work is unknown...". No distinction among the various
reasons why.

David Strauss wrote:
> So, is anonymous publication the legal equivalent of unknown authorship,
> for the sake of public domain status?
>

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Andy Kaplan-Myrth, M.A., LL.B.
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