User:Andrew Gray/Notes/tags

At the time of writing, 20:40, 13 March 2006 (UTC), these seem to be the "national" image copyright tags claiming PD status. Ones I'm concerned about are in bold.


 * PD-AR-Photo - Argentina, for images published more that 25 years ago. Cites the local copyright law.


 * Australia:
 * PD-Australia - Australia, for images more than 50 years old. Cites a copyright administration body.
 * PD-Australia-CC - Australia, for images more than 50 years old previously under crown copyright. Cites the local copyright law. Could be merged into the above?
 * PD-AustraliaGov - seems to be the same as the former, government work more than 50 years old. Citation given. Merge into PD-Australia?
 * PD-Aus - Australia. Simply says "is PD in Australia and other jurisdictions". No explanation for this status given.
 * PD-art-life-50-aus - Australia, artwork where creator died 50+ years ago.


 * PD-Bangladesh - Bangladesh, for images published more than 60 years ago. Cites the local copyright law.


 * PD-BY-exempt - Belarus, exempt government work such as coats of arms not all government work. Cites the local copyright law.


 * Canada:
 * PD-Canada - Canada, crown copyight work older than 50 years or photo first published in Canada, before 1949 or creator died more than fifty years ago. No law cited. Perhaps needs split up?
 * PD-ABGov-DOT - Alberta Department of Transport, asserts that as a work of the Canadian Government is in public domain. No citation.


 * PD-China - China and Taiwan but not HK or Macao, photos older than 50 years or works where creator died more than 50 years ago. No citation.


 * PD-CzechGov - Czech Republic, exempt government work such as coats of arms not all government work.


 * PD-flag-région - France, local flags ineligible for copyright.


 * FinnishDefenceForces - Finland, military, free-use-with-attribution. Source cited.


 * Germany:
 * PD-Coa-Germany - Germany, for coats of arms, which are a class of work placed in the public domain. Cites local copyright law.
 * PD-DE-Photo - Germany, photo more than 50 years old. Cites local copyright law.
 * PD-Germany - Germany, photos copyrighted for 70 years after death of creator. Conflicts (obviously) with the one above. Weird.


 * PD-Hungary - Hungary, photographs more than 15 (!) years old. Cites local law, but copy has vanished - this is so good we do need to check it, I fear.


 * PD-India - India, photographs older than 60 years. Cites local law.


 * PD-Iran - Iran, photographs older than 30 years. Cites local law.


 * Iraqcopyright - Iraq. I'm not entirely sure what this one says, and it doesn't directly cite the law.


 * PD-LithuaniaGov - Lithuania, exempt government work such as coats of arms not all government work.


 * PD-MYGov - Malaysia. Claims works of the government are in the public domain. No law cited.


 * PD-NZSection27 - New Zealand, for works where Crown Copyright is explicitly disclaimed. Probably very rare.


 * Pakistan:
 * PD-Pakistan - Images more than 50 years old. Local law mentioned but not cited.
 * PD-PakistanGov - Asserts government work is public domain. Law cited is FoI law, not copyright law.


 * Philippines:
 * PD-Philippines - images more than 50 years old. Cites local law.
 * PD-PhilippinesGov - government work. Cites local law. But! This law may only apply to highly specific official works, not all government productions.


 * Poland:
 * PD-PolishGov - exempt government work such as coats of arms not all government work. Cites the local copyright law.
 * PD-Poland - confusingly worded; photographs between 1952 and 1994 without a copyright notice?
 * Sejm Sejm images. Free use with attribution. Free-use permission not cited.


 * Romania:
 * PD-RomaniaGov - government work such as coats of arms not all government work. Cites the local copyright law.
 * PD-money-Romania - money. Probably can be merged with above.


 * PD-RU-exempt - Russia, exempt government work such as coats of arms not all government work. Cites the local copyright law.


 * PD-SAGov - South Africa, government work more than 50 years old. Law not cited.


 * Sweden:
 * PD-Sweden - States all photographs prior to mid-1944 are PD. Local copyright law cited.
 * PD-SwedGov-attribution - Government has released to PD but requested attribution.
 * PD-Vägverket - Swedish roadsign, claims PD, no law cited.


 * PD-UA-exempt - Ukraine, exempt government work such as coats of arms not all government work. Cites the local copyright law.


 * UK:
 * PD-BritishGov - UK, government works older than 50 years. Cites HMSO correspondence.
 * CrownCopyright - Crown Copyright, essentially free-use-provided. May need looking at.


 * USA:
 * (I've left out the various "specific agency of the US federal government" ones - they're pretty undisputed)
 * PD-CAGov - California, asserts government works are PD. No citation. Currently on TFD.
 * PD-OHGov - Ohio. Doesn't even seem to assert it's in the public domain! On TfD.
 * PD-US-LOC - Library of Congress says it's PD because of (reason}.
 * PD-US-patent - US patents, public domain. Law cited.


 * PD-USSR - USSR, complex, apparently currently disputed.