Talk:List of copyright terms of countries

Table with populations
Here is the table with the population. Since the other countries didn't have them, I removed the populations when combining the lists.

-- Kjkolb 22:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I do not support showing population to this list due to potential difficulty to maintain. Opening a separate population list for cross-reference should be fine.--Jusjih (talk) 03:10, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Sale on copyright and effects on copyright length
This doesn't seem to be mentioned in the article. What happens when a copyright is sold or given to someone else? Could the copyright be indefinite when given from person to person or must it become public domain?

Copyright Term in Argentina
Copyright term in Argentina was extended from 50 to 70 years in 1997 (Law 24,870). I added the correction on the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.42.81.201 (talk) 13:49, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Legal reference needed
Since this article is tagged unreferenced, we could copy Non-U.S. copyrights here.--Jusjih 23:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Good idea. Jkelly 23:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Done. Further improvements could include additional information such as the copyright lengths for anonymous and organizational works as well as works ineligible for copyright.--Jusjih 11:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Er, what do "pma" and "pd" mean? I can guess that "pma" probably means "post mortem ", but not sure about "pd"... --Shreevatsa 14:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


 * p.m.a. does indeed mean "post mortem author". p.d. is short for "public domain".  Jkelly 17:59, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


 * The internal source where I copied the table explained p.m.a. as "post mortem author", a Latin phrase meaning "(years) after the death of the author". p.d. probably means "since publication date" as I know that some countries and areas copyright photographs for limited years since their publication, such as 25 or 50 years, even if the author is still alive when the copyright expires.--Jusjih 07:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * p.d. is short for post divulgatio or after publication, p.r. is post realisation or after creation. Physchim62 (talk) 14:59, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Duplicated information
As I copied the table from Non-U.S. copyrights, perhaps we should think how to arrange each table. As the copyright restoration dates is USA-centric, ambiguous and unexplained, perhaps we should drop them here and leave them at the linked project page.--Jusjih 16:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What information do people want to see in this table? I have copies of all the references, so I can dig out some more material if there is a demand for it: it's a big job though.... I agree with the suggestion to drop the restoration dates: I included them for Non-U.S. copyrights because they are important there, but the relevant information can be found in the article space (in non-U.S.-centric form) at List of parties to international copyright treaties. Physchim62 (talk) 11:27, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * OK. When I have time, I will start dropping copyright restoration dates here. In addition to copyright length, it should also be informative to list works ineligible for copyright in different jurisdictions. However, as I have more important things elsewhere, I cannot yet drop copyright restoration dates here. If no one else does it, I will come back to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jusjih (talk • contribs)
 * I have deleted American-centric copyright restoration dates.--Jusjih 15:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

page name
Plural and possesive acknowledged but I don't think the apostrophe is right. I understand them as representing omitted letters within the word, not end. It is not a separator or modifier. Just a passing comment. Fred 11:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * It's proper English. Our article on the apostrophe probably explains it.  Jkelly 17:19, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apostrophe

Noun

apostrophe (plural apostrophes) (orthography) The text character ’, which is used to mark the possessive case ('s) or to show omission of letters or numbers ("tho'", "they'll", "'65").

FYI only, still researching. Current position is that ~s's is derived from archaic ~ses; making all cases ommmisions Fred 18:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * See Apostrophe. I recommend Eats, Shoots & Leaves as a handy, very readable guide to proper punctuation.  Jkelly 18:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

discrepancy for NL 70 pma vs 50 pma
for NL the page says 70 pma but the linked law from wipo http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/nl/nl001en.html says 50 pma. Does anyone know wich is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.115.74 (talk) 02:13, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
 * This law seems to be outdated.--Jusjih 02:16, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 70 pma is correct now, as for the rest of European Union countries, but information on the exact date of application would be welcome (as it has implications for US copyright). Physchim62 (talk) 16:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Copyright for magazines published in South Africa
The table indicates the following for South Africa:
 * 50 pma
 * 50 p.d. (cinematograph films, photographs, computer programs, sound recordings, broadcasts, programme-carrying signals, published editions, state official texts)

What does this imply for Magazine covers or the contents of a magazine? Specifically would a magazine published in South Africa in 1916 be "out of Copyright"? Laurens-af (talk) 16:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 50 pma doesn't sound right. PD-South-Africa and commons:Template:PD-South-Africa says that it is 50 years after publishing.  Note that I've not yet looked into the S.A. law in detail, but it is something I have been meaning to do.
 * If it was also published in the U.S. (many magazines are published in many countries), then it also falls into "Works published in the U.S. before 1923." on PD-1923. John Vandenberg (talk) 01:49, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * PD-South-Africa is wrong. The copyright term as stated in s. 2(a) of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 (as amended by s. 3(a) of Act 54 of 1994) states that the copyright term is 50 pma or 50 years after publication in the case of posthumous publication. For a 1916 magazine, you would also have to look at the Copyright Act 1911 which was almost certainly in force in South Africa at the time. Physchim62 (talk) 11:02, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Map
If anyone wants to, they could create a world map containing the countries' copyright length, denoted with colours =) --72.230.46.168 (talk) 04:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have added Reqmap to the top of this talk. Please remove it after adding a world map.--Jusjih (talk) 03:10, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

List of countries without Copyright law
I'd like to live in a country without Copyright law. This article claims that Afghanistan and the Marshal Islands currently don't have Copyright law, but that Afghanistan is drafting such laws. Are there any other such countries? Can anyone provide references to back up the claim that the Marshal Islands (or other countries) don't have Copyright law? Thanks, - Connelly (talk) 05:39, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Copyright law doesn't depend on where you live, but on where you do business. A resident of a copyrightless country can copy others' work there with impunity, but cannot produce and distribute copies in other countries without violating their laws. - JasonAQuest (talk) 12:26, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Marking year-end copyright expiration
I just tried adding "until year end" for Hong Kong copyright length, but these words make the descriptions so long. Could anyone please think of a shorter way to specify year-end copyright expiration? While modern copyright laws and regulations frequently make year-end copyright expiration, I have seen a few, such as Mexico, not doing so.--Jusjih (talk) 01:29, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure it's worthwhile to be that specific for a list such as this. It tends to clutter the chart. - JasonAQuest (talk) 02:18, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I consider it worthwhile as not all readers readily know the commonly applied year-end copyright expiration. We should not assume that all readers know this specific rule. I just thought a shorter way not to excessively clutter the chart by adding "Until year end" after all kinds of copyright lengths in a specific country or area. Some countries and areas, like Mainland China and Hong Kong, mark this rule in each articles about copyright lengths, then I am trying "All previous references" in the reference column. Others, like Colombia and the USA, along with the Bern Convention and the European Union Directive, mark it in separate articles, then I would like to show them as well. I hope that my latest method does not excessively clutter the chart. Thanks for your comment.--Jusjih (talk) 03:10, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * There are all sorts of details about copyright laws that readers of this list won't be aware of. I'm not sure this chart can be an effective way to explain them.  If the usual standard is that copyright extends through the end of the year in question but there are exceptions, why not simply explain that at the top of the list? If you wish to flag the exceptions, why not use a symbol such as an asterisk? - JasonAQuest (talk) 11:55, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * "Until year-end" copyright protection is article 7.5 of the Berne Convention: I think it's safe to assume that it's pretty universal. If anyone wants to discuss a strange special case, the thing to do would be to write an encyclopedic article about it and link it from this table, rather than cluttering this supposedly simple tool even more. Physchim62 (talk) 13:28, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I have split this article to open a separate list of countries' copyright length based on publication and creation dates. I now find this article much easier to read while marking year-end copyright expiration does not look cluttering anymore. If anyone can think of better names for this and the new list, please discuss.--Jusjih (talk) 03:25, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

New Discussion
A discussion has been started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries/Lists of countries which could affect the inclusion criteria and title of this and other lists of countries. Editors are invited to participate. Pfainuk talk 11:53, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Copyright term for corporate-made works
Hi.

I noticed that most of the terms are "life + XX years". But what about corporate-made works, where "author's life" is ambiguous/not applicable? I'm sure it varies from country to country but shouldn't it be listed too? mike4ty4 (talk) 00:26, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Many, if not most, countries simply don't recognize the concept of a "corporate-made works". On this thinking, every work has a human author whose natural life forms the basis for the copyright term. The topic is really too complicated to treat in this table: see Copyright law of the European Union for just one example (note the difference in copyright duration between film directors and film producers, for example!) Physchim62 (talk) 08:35, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * So therefore when multiple authors are involved it gets more complicated. mike4ty4 (talk) 22:33, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Years past publication or author death?
There's both this article and List of countries' copyright length based on publication and creation dates. Consider a book published in 1925 by an author who died in 1938 (and copyright was renewed in time). Is it copyrighted until 2008 (Life+70), or until 2020 (publication+95)? According to this and this, it seems it would be the latter. Is this right? Can this be made clearer in the article? Shreevatsa (talk) 20:20, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It varies from one country to another, but generally: if the creator is a known individual (or several individuals), expiration is based on the date of the last creator's death. If the legal creator is a corporation or the creator is unknown, it's based on date of publication.  The best way to make this clearer in the article is roll that other article back into this one. - Jason A. Quest (talk) 22:11, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I see. I took a look at some of the US copyright law documents, and my impression was that (following the Copyright Term Extension Act) while for works after 1978 it's author(s)+70 as you wrote, it seems to be a fixed "95 years since publication" for works which were already in their second term in 1978. Or something like that. Anyway, I agree that merging the articles would probably make things a bit clear, muddled as copyright laws are. Shreevatsa (talk) 03:06, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

merger
List of countries' copyright length based on publication and creation dates was split off from this article, which apparently makes it less clear what the applicable rules are. It would be clearer to list them in a single article, perhaps with separate columns for corporate/anonymous works and for individual works. - Jason A. Quest (talk) 22:34, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I did try listing them together, but some others consider combined table too hard to read. If no one else supports your proposed merger for some more weeks, I would like to cancel your proposed merger.--Jusjih (talk) 01:17, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I am thinking a new way to accept your proposed merger, but I will try a new layout of the table with 3 columns from left to right:


 * 1) Countries, areas, and entities
 * 2) Terms of copyright protection based on authors' lifetime
 * 3) Terms of copyright protection based on publication and creation dates
 * Instead of a column for "References", I plan to enclose them in, then they will show under the section "Notes".
 * I will change the layout at List of countries' copyright length based on publication and creation dates first, then I will merge the content there back to this article.--Jusjih (talk) 02:49, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

French case
There seems to be a question whether the additional days for WW1, WW2 and maybe "mort pour la france" apply since the change from 50 to 70. Jurisprudence gives a quite complex situation. PFPillon (talk)22:18, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Here is a machine translation of the judgment in that case: 04-12138 Judgement No. 280 of February 27, 2007  Court of Cassation - First Civil Chamber It appears that adoption of the new copyright treaty invalidated the life + 50 yrs. + war length and substituted life plus 70 yrs. The 30 year bonus for death in the cause of France has not yet been tested, so far as I know, but it would seem that it would also be replaced by the newer treaty. Enon (talk) 02:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

This page which is a machine translation of the French Wikipedia page lined in the table section for France gives a detailed account of the intricacies of present French copyright terms: Prorogations_de_guerre / (Copyright extensions of war) I have updated the table entry for France in an effort to make it clearer that extensions beyond life plus 70 years do not apply to non-musical works of authors who did not die for France. Enon (talk) 03:31, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Haiti
Decree of January 9, 1968, relating to Copyright in Literary, Scientific and Artistic Works says life+25 years not 50. See article 24.©Geni 02:41, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Kosovo
Where is kosovo on the list? 69.181.226.238 (talk) 04:19, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Copyright law incorrectly classified as TRIPS for kuwait
it's my understanding that material must be protected for at least 60 years after the author's death in order to be in compliance with TRIPS. however, under kuwaity law 64/1999 (included as a note), the work is protected for 50 years, not 60. i've changed it to "Life + 50 years" to reflect that. سليمان عدنان مصطفى (talk • contribs) 23:42, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Russian copyright law
Russian law concerning copyright changed a few times during last 20 or so years, which caused some confusion. You can see the current situation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Code_of_Russia. We are looking at Part 4 of Civil Code, which concerns intellectual property. Regrettably, I couldn't find translation to English specifically of this 4th part. The links 241 and 242 in this wiki article are not valid now. First one is dead, second points to the Law, preceding Civil Code, part 4 (though the text in the Law and Civil Code are the same. The correct link for Civil Code is http://www.consultant.ru/popular/gkrf4/ (article 1281) or the same source as in current link 242, but it is more difficult to find there (also you have to choose not Law, but Civil Code). I'll translate the article 1281 for you here.

--- Start of translation ---

1. Exclusive right on work is in effect during lifetime of the author plus 70 years, counting from January 1 of the year, following the year of author's death.

Exclusive right on work, created by few authors, is in effect during lifetime of the last live author plus 70 years, counting from January 1 of the year, following the year of his/her death.

2. On work, published anonymously or by the nickname, exclusive right expires after 70 years, counting from January 1 of the year, following the year of rightful publishing. If during the aforementioned period the author will open his/her identity or his identity will become undoubted, exclusive right will be in effect during the time set by point one of this article.

3. Exclusive right on work published after author's death is in effect 70 years after publication, counting from January 1, following the year of publication, provided, the work was published no more than 70 years after author's death.

4. If an author was repressed and rehabilitated post mortem, the time of exclusife right effect considered to be prolonged and 70 years counts from January 1 of the year following the year of author's rehabilitation.

5. If an author worked during the Great War (1941-1945) or took part in it, the time of exclusive right effect set by this article is prolonged by 4 years.

--- End of translation ---

So Russian Civil Code states, that there are 3 cases: 1. lifetime + 70 years 2. lifetime + 74 years (if worked during or took part in Great War 1941-45) 3. 70 years after rehabilitation (if repressed and rehabilitated post mortem)

But according to article 6 of Federal Law 231 (18.12.2006) (http://base.garant.ru/12151067/#6) all this applies only if the authors right dind't exprire according to previous (50 years) law to January 1, 1993. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VadimVMog (talk • contribs) 04:17, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

1953 year is the year, when rehabilitations of repressed people *started*. Some people were rehabilitated in 80s and 90s and even in 00s as far as I know.

Also column 2 may be filled (1. 70 years after publication if author stays anonymous or by nickname; 2. 70 years after publication if published after author's death)

I don't quite understand column 3, but maybe change is needed too.

P.S. OK. On April 8, 2011 I made appropriate changes to column 1 and corrected links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VadimVMog (talk • contribs) 08:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Organize table by region
I'm thinking we could organize this table by region. It would make it easier to edit and easier to read; it would also help us to harmonize EU laws concerning copyright (there is a little difference between EU nations - e.g., PD-Italy, but not much). Magog the Ogre (talk) 04:13, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Iraq copyright
Chart published in Wikipedia says it's life plus 50 yrs, but this chart from Cornell [] says they have no copyright law, seems to be updated to January 2011... Who's correct> Oaktree b (talk) 02:37, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This Wikipedia article tells that Iraqi works are copyrighted for life plus 50 years in Iraq. On the other hand, the link you found lists US copyright: Iraqi works are never copyrighted in the United States. Thus, Iraqi works can be copied freely in the United States but not in Iraq. Non-US works are only copyrighted in the US if the country of origin has signed certain treaties. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:32, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Relevant pages for each country?
The page Copyright expiration in Australia, and possibly Copyright law of Australia, are very useful for understanding details and subtleties beyond those given in the table. I haven't added them as I'm not sure how to do it neatly.

Perhaps a "More details" linking to a footnote? (Only if it's good practice to link text to a footnote... I'm sure it's possible but might be messy). --Chriswaterguy talk 04:07, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

US Copyright Duration for Works Published before 1978
With regard to US Copyright Terms Based on Author's Death: Footnote 313 points to a Legal Information Institute page with heading "17 USC § 302 - Duration of copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 1978." Does "Life + 70" not apply to works published before January 1, 1978? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdwilber (talk • contribs) 19:17, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
 * No, works published (with notice) prior to 1978 and after 1922 have either expired (28 years and not renewed) or were converted to 95 years from date of publication, brought up from 75 years, and up from 56 years, in a series of Acts over many years. The life plus 70 rule does, however, apply to all unpublished works of independent authorship (120 years from creation for works made for hire and anonymous works). Lupinelawyer (talk) 04:32, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Berne, TRIPS, WCT?
The table's duration column states Berne, TRIPS and WCT without any links or explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.4.69.237 (talk) 20:50, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Extended
There should really be a column in the table which gives a date of when the length was extended by said country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.12.245.18 (talk) 10:09, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

updated the map in this article
I noticed that Spain was out of sync with the map. It has a restrictions until death + 70 according to the table and its sources but the maps showed death + 80. I've updated the map. But we need to research if there are more countries out of sync. Martsniez (talk) 15:32, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I found the source of the discrepancy. From the Spanish article about the duration (google translated) 'However, consider that the 1879 law established a period of protection of works 80 years after the author's death, which has been respected in the LPI of 1987 by a number of transitional provisions. This makes the most effective period of works near the expiration is 80 (will be until 2057).' Martsniez (talk) 15:42, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

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Copyrights and stockphoto's
Dear Wikipedians, I am very confused about the copyrights of historical artworks that are part of a collection of stockphoto's like Getty Images. According to this page, all older works are copyright-free. So how is it that some companies ask (a lot of) money to use those pictures? Even when the exact same picture (for example this 14th-century miniature ) can be downloaded at another site (for example ) with the declaration that the images are free of copyright? I would like to see some information on that.Cmuusers (talk) 10:28, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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Mexico and Côte d'Ivoire
Is the information about Mexico correct? Found this on the net:

A. In the case of the works of authors that died by or before January 11, 1982, the term of the copyright economic rights expired on January 11, 2012. These works are in public domain now.

B. In the case of the works authors that died between January 12, 1982 and March 23, 1997, the term of the copyright economic rights will expire 50 years after the date of death.

C. In the case of the works of authors that died between March 24, 1997 and July 23, 2003, the term of the copyright economic rights will expire 75 years after the date of death.

D. In the case of the works of authors that passed away on or after July 24, 2003, the economic rights will expire 100 years after the date of death.

And Wikimedia Commons says about Côte d'Ivoire: "Under the 1996 law, copyright in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) lasted for 99 years after the death of the author for works published within the lifetime of the author, and 99 years from publication for photographic or audiovisual works or works of applied art; anonymous or pseudonymous works; and posthumous works. Ivory Coast had the rule of the shorter term. Under the 2016 law these durations were dropped down to 70 years." 46.212.126.226 (talk) 11:35, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Differences between this page and Commons' Copyright rules by territory
I was looking through Commons' Copyright rules by territory, and it has some differences from this page: Might be worth checking these to confirm which one's right. &#8209;&#8209; Yodin T 19:37, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Angola (+70 or +50)
 * Benin (+70 or +50)
 * Botswana (Berne, TRIPS or +50)
 * Chad (Berne, TRIPS or +70)
 * Eritria (Life + 0 years but at least 50 years since publication or +50)
 * Gabon (Berne, TRIPS, WCT or +50)
 * Guinea (TRIPS, WCT or +80)
 * Guinea-Bissau (Berne, TRIPS or +50)
 * Ivory Coast (+70 or +99)
 * Libya (Life + 25 years with 50-year minimum or +50)
 * Mali (+50 or +70)
 * Mauritania (Berne, TRIPS or +70)
 * Morocco (+70 or +50)
 * Rwanda (Berne, TRIPS or +50)
 * South Sudan (missing from this list)
 * Bahamas (Berne or +70)
 * Dominican Republic (+50 or +70)
 * El Salvador (+70 or +50)
 * Grenada (Berne, TRIPS or +50)
 * Haiti (Berne, TRIPS or +60)
 * Honduras (+70 or +75)
 * Bahrain (+70 or +50)
 * East Timor (missing from this list)
 * Kazakhstan (+70 or +50)
 * Kuwait (TRIPS or +50)
 * Myanmar (TRIPS or +50)
 * Tajikistan (Berne or +50)
 * Vietnam (Berne or +50)
 * Yemen (+30 or +50)
 * Kosovo (life only or +70)
 * Bermuda (+70 or +50)
 * Cayman Islands (unknown or +70)
 * British Virgin Islands (unknown or +50)
 * Sint Maarten (+70 or +50)

Canada
I went ahead and changed the copyright length in a style similar to Australia following the extension. It is not yet 30 December 2022 but the effective date means the new copyright length will apply starting 2023 plus there is a note for deaths before 1972, so I do not see an issue with changing the entry already now. Hekerui (talk) 10:06, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Map of copyright lengths
While this page or the map are not in error, the information they convey is somewhat lacking.

I doubt many people who come here are interested in how long the copyright lasts if the copyrighted work is/was created by a living author. I guess many people come here to find out when the copyright for a particular author expires. I don't know how this page could/should be improved but just noting this down here.

I for example came here because I wondered how come Dorothy L Sayers books are available on-line for free. I was surprised when I saw the map showing that in Canada copyright lasts for 70 years but Sayers died in 1927 thus they should still be under copyright. Turns out that in Canada the copyright expired before the length was extended from 50 to 70 years so that is why they are available from a server in Canada. 87.95.119.51 (talk) 08:29, 5 March 2023 (UTC)