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Law 17336 of Intellectual Property of Chile says: "Pertenecen al patrimonio cultural común: (...) b) la obra de autor desconocido, incluyéndose las canciones, leyendas, danzas y las expresiones del acervo folklórico;" ("Belonging to the common cultural ownership (public domain) b) works by unknown authors, including songs, legends, dances and folcloric expressions"). From the 11th article of the law (http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=28933). The author of this seal/logo is unknown, no other fact is known other than it was used by the local government in Pichilemu for a short time in the 1980s, but its author has remained unknown.

In order to desestimate this work's copyright is active: The original copyright law which was in use at the time of the creation of this work (enacted on 2 October 1970 during the government of Salvador Allende Gossens, available on the National Congress Library website) it is stated the following:

• "Artículo 11.- Pertenecen al patrimonio cultural común: a) Las obras cuyo plazo de protección se haya extinguido; b) La obra de autor desconocido, incluyéndose las canciones, leyendas, danzas y las expresiones del acervo folklórico; c) Las obras cuyos titulares renunciaron a la protección que otorga esta ley; d) Las obras de autores extranjeros, domiciliados en el exterior, que no estén protegidos en la forma establecida en el artículo 2°, y e) Las obras que fueren expropiadas por el Estado, salvo que la ley especifique un beneficiario. El Reglamento establecerá el monto de los derechos que deberán pagar quienes utilicen obras pertenecientes al patrimonio cultural común."
  • "Belonging to the cultural common ownership are: (...) works of unknown authors, including songs, legends, dances and folkloric expressions"

It later ambiguously states "La protección de la obra anónima o seudónima dura treinta años, a contar desde la primera publicación." (protection of anonymous or pseudonymous works last for thirty years, beginning from first publication). The date of its first publication is hard to identify, but it was, at least, published before 1982 (first publication known: El Cóndor (Santa Cruz, newspaper), 9 March 1982, page 3, available only in physical format at National Library of Chile). Because of that, it would anyway fall into the public domain.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements: it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days), it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States, it was in the public domain in its home country on the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries). For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice, and its copyright was not subsequently registered with the U.S. Copyright Office within 5 years. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macau), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation. Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ 中文（臺灣） ∙ +/−