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According to
Japanese Copyright Law (June 1, 2018 grant)
, the work is now in the
public domain
in Japan because the copyrights of the
works in names of organizations, in Japan
expire in 50 years after the publication, or in 50 years after the creation if the works are not published within 50 years after the creation (article 53).
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Note:
The enforcement of the revised Copyright Act on December 30, 2018 extended the copyright term of works whose copyright was valid on that day to 70 years. Do not use this template for works published after 1967.
Please note that being in the public domain in Japan does
not
automatically mean that it is free as well in the United States. Find and add one of the
PD US license tags
in order to ensure that the file is free in the United States. Typically, for a published work to be in the public domain in the United States, it needs to be published before
1946
, because of
URAA-restored copyrights
. Unpublished works need to satisfy
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This image is now in the
public domain
in China because its term of copyright has expired.
According to copyright laws of the
People's Republic of China
(with legal jurisdiction in the mainland only, excluding
Hong Kong
and
Macao
), amended November 11, 2020, Works of legal persons or organizations without legal personality, or service works, or audiovisual works, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation. For photography works of natural persons whose copyright protection period expires before June 1, 2021 belong to the public domain. All other works of natural persons enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator.
According to copyright laws of
Republic of China
(currently with jurisdiction in
Taiwan
,
Penghu
,
Kinmen
,
Matsu
, etc.), all photographs and cinematographic works, and all works whose copyright holder is a
juristic person
, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation, and all other applicable works enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator.
Important note:
Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Chinese origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(URAA) if the work was under copyright in its country of origin on the date that the URAA took effect in that country. (For the People's Republic of China, the URAA took effect on January 1, 1996. For the Republic of China (ROC), the URAA took effect on January 1, 2002.
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and have copyright terms longer than life of the author plus 50 years. In particular, Mexico is 100 years, Jamaica is 95 years, Colombia is 80 years, Guatemala and Samoa are 75 years, Switzerland and the United States are 70 years, and Venezuela is 60 years.
