Unknown, in public domain in both the Republic of China and Arab Republic of Egypt because over 50 years have passed since it was photographed in the 1950's.
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or service works, or audiovisual works, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation.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, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation, and all other applicable works enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator.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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To uploader:
Please provide where the image was first published and who created it or held its copyright.
You must also include a
United States public domain tag
to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the
rule of the shorter term
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.
In order to be hosted on Commons, all works must be in the public domain in the
United States
as well as in their source country. Egyptian works that are currently in the public domain in the United States are those whose copyright had expired in Egypt on the
U.S. date of restoration
(January 1, 1996) pursuant to the provisions of the old 1954 law which was in effect at the time.
Type of work
Copyright has expired in Egypt if...
Copyright has expired in the U.S. if...
A
Non-creative photographic or audiovisual works
published prior to
1987
published prior to
1981
B
Other works with an identifiable author
the author died prior to
1974
the author died prior to
1946
or published prior to
1929
C
Other works that are either anonymous or pseudonymous
published prior to
1974
published prior to
1946
D
Other works (e.g. collective works) whose copyright is held by a legal person
