This image of
simple geometry
is
ineligible for
copyright
and therefore in the
public domain
, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.
Heptagon
Public domain
Public domain
false
false
The depicted text is
ineligible for
copyright
and therefore in the
public domain
because it is not a “literary work” or other protected type in sense of the local copyright law. Facts, data, and unoriginal information which is common property without sufficiently creative authorship in a general typeface or basic handwriting, and simple geometric shapes are not protected by copyright.
This tag does not generally apply to all images of texts. Particular countries can have different legal definition of the “literary work” as the subject of copyright and different courts' interpretation practices. Some countries protect almost every written work, while other countries protect distinctively artistic or scientific texts and databases only. Extent of creativeness, function and length of the text can be relevant. The copyright protection can be limited to the literary form – the included information itself can be excluded from protection.
(a) daily news or details of current events that constitute regular press information;
(b) works of folk art (folklore);
(c) official documents of a political, legislative or administrative nature (laws, decrees, resolutions, court awards, State standards, etc.) issued by government authorities within their powers, and official translations thereof;
(d) State symbols of Ukraine, government awards; symbols and signs of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations; symbols of territorial communities; symbols and signs of enterprises, institutions and organizations;
(includes
postage stamps
)
(e) coins and banknotes;
(f) transport schedules, TV and radio broadcast schedules, telephone directories and other similar databases that do not meet the originality criteria and to which the sui generis right (a particular or special right) is applicable;
Note that drafts of anything that falls under sections (d) and (e), unless officially approved, are under copyright.
