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Countries and areas | Types of official texts | Terms of copyright protection | References and related articles |
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Albania | Literary and artistic works being summaries of the official gazette of legislative and administrative nature and their official translations | 0, no copyright | Art. 3, Law no. 7564 of 19 April 1992, as modified by Law no. 7923 of 19 May 1995 |
Algeria | Laws and regulations, decisions and administrative acts of state bodies and local authorities, court decisions, and their official translations | 0, no copyright | Art. 11, Ordonnance n° 03-05 du 19 Joumada El Oula 1424 correspondant au 19 juillet 2003 relative aux droits d’auteur et aux droits voisins |
Algeria | Other state works | Freely usable for non-profit when respecting the source and integrity of the works | Art. 9, Ordonnance n° 03-05 du 19 Joumada El Oula 1424 correspondant au 19 juillet 2003 relative aux droits d’auteur et aux droits voisins |
Andorra | Official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, and its official translation | 0, no copyright | Art. 4, Law on Copyright and Related Rights of 1999 |
Angola | Laws and judicial and administrative decisions | 0, no copyright | Art. 9, Copyright Law n° 4/90, March 1990 |
Antigua and Barbuda | Public record | 0, no copyright (may make or supply to any person of any copy of the work) | s. 67, Copyright Act, 2002 |
Armenia |
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0, no copyright | Art. 6, Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights |
Austria | Laws, ordinances and official decrees issued by Austrian federal and state authorities | 0, no copyright | Austrian copyright law (§7 UrhG) |
Australia | Work, film or sound recording made by or under the direction or control of the Government, and any work first published by or under the direction or control of the Government. | 50 years until year end from publication | Part VII of the Copyright Act 1968 |
Azerbaijan |
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0, no copyright | Art. 7, Law of Azerbaijan Republic "on Copyright and Neighbouring Right |
Bahrain |
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0, no copyright | Art. 4(1)(a), (b), (2), Legislative Decree no. 10 of 1993 |
Belarus |
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0, no copyright | Law of the Republic of Belarus: No. 370-XIII of May 16, 1996: Section 2, Article 8 (in Russian, in English) |
Canada | Canadian governmental works | 50 years until year end from publication (the first publication) | Section 12 of the Copyright Act (French: Loi sur le droit d'auteur) |
Canada | Federal laws | Reproductions are allowed with certain conditions, whether under Crown Copyright or not. | Reproduction of Federal Law Order (French: Décret sur la reproduction de la législation fédérale et des décisions des tribunaux de constitution fédérale) |
China, People's Republic of (Mainland) | Laws; regulations; resolutions, decisions and orders of state organs; other documents of legislative, administrative and judicial nature; and their official translations | 0, no copyright | Article 5 of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China |
Czech Republic |
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0, no copyright | Czech Copyright Act (Law No. 121/2000, Section 3, Letter a) |
Djibouti | Laws, judicial and administrative decisions as well as their official translations | 0, no copyright | Art. 7(a), Loi n°114/AN/96/3e L relatif à la protection du droit d'auteur |
Georgia |
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0, no copyright | Article 8 of the Law of Georgia No. 2388-Is of September 9, 1999 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (in Russian, in English) |
Georgia | Proposed official symbols and drafts of formal documents | Can be copyrighted | Article 8 of the Law of Georgia No. 2388-Is of September 9, 1999 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (in Russian, in English) |
Germany | A statute, ordinance, official decree or judgment (official work) issued by a German federal or state authority or court | 0, no copyright | German copyright law (§ 5 Abs.1 UrhG). |
Ghana | Governmental works (Art. 3) | 70 years from creation or publication, whichever is later | Copyright Act, 2005 (Art. 13) |
Greece | Official texts expressive of the authority of the State, notably to legislative, administrative or judicial texts | 0, no copyright | Art. 2(5), Law 2121/1993 |
Guatemala | Works of the state or its public entities, municipalities, universities and other educational establishments in the country. | 75 years until year end from publication | Chapter 5, and specifically Art. 49, Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Decree No. 33-98 last modified by Decree No. 56-2000) |
Laws, decrees, regulations, orders, agreements, resolutions, judicial decisions and decisions of governmental bodies, as well as official translations of these texts. | Freely usable when respecting the source and integrity of the works | Art. 68, Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Decree No. 33-98 last modified by Decree No. 56-2000) | |
Hong Kong | Public record | 0, no copyright (may be copied for any purpose without infringement of copyright) | Article 58, Chapter 528 of the Law of Hong Kong, the Copyright Ordinance (Chinese: 版權條例) |
Hong Kong | Work made by an on-duty officer of the Government
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50 years from publication or 125 years from creation, whichever is shorter (until year end)
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*Article 182, Chapter 528 of the Law of Hong Kong, the Copyright Ordinance
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India | Government work | 60 years until year end since publication | S. 28, Copyright Act, 1957 |
Italy | Texts of official acts of the State or of public administrations, whether Italian or foreign | 0, no copyright | Art. 5, Law No. 633 of 22 April 1941, as amended by Art. 17, Law No. 52 of 6 February 1996 |
Japan | Official texts | 0, no copyright | Art. 13, Law No. 48 of 6 May 1970, as amended |
Korea, Republic of (South) | Official texts | 0, no copyright | Art. 7, Copyright Act of 30 December 1989 |
Latvia |
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0, no copyright | |
Macau | Official texts, in particular the texts of treaties, laws and regulations and those of reports or decisions by authorities of any kind, and translations thereof | 0, no copyright | Article 6 of Decree-Law n.o 43/99/M |
Nigeria | Governmental literary, musical or non-photograph artistic works | 70 years until year end since publication | Schedule I, Copyright Act (Cap. 68) 1990 |
Netherlands | Laws, decisions and regulations by a public authority, as well as judgements and administrative decisions. | 0, no copyright | Article 11 of Dutch Copyright Law (Auteurswet) |
New Zealand | General Crown copyright
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100 years until year end (Section 26(3)(b))
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Sections 2(1), 26 and 27 of the Copyright Act 1994 |
Pakistan | Government work | 50 years until year end from its publication | S. 22 of the Copyright Ordinance, 1962 |
Philippines | Any official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature and official translation thereof | 0, no copyright | Section 175, Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines |
Poland | (1) Normative texts and the drafts thereof (2) Official documents, documentary material, devices and symbols. |
0, no copyright | Article 4 of Law of February 4, 1994, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights |
Romania | Official texts of a political, legislative, administrative or judicial nature, and official translations thereof | 0, no copyright | Article 9 of Law No. 8 of March 14, 1996, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights |
Russia | Shall not be objects of copyright:
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0, no copyright | Article 1259 of Civil Code of Russian Federation |
Singapore | Literary, dramatic or musical work, or engraving or a photograph made by or under the direction or control of the Government | 70 years until year end from publication | s. 197(3), (4A), Copyright Act |
Singapore | Artistic work, other than engraving or a photograph, made by or under the direction or control of the Government | 70 years until year end after making | s. 197(4), Copyright Act |
Slovakia |
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0, no copyright | Slovak Copyright Act (Law No. 618/2003, Section 7, Par. 3, Let. b) |
South Africa | State works otherwise eligible for copyright | 50 years until year end from publication | S. 5, Copyright Act, 1978 |
South Africa | Official texts of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or in official translations of such texts, or in speeches of a political nature or in speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings, or in news of the day that are mere items of press information | 0, no copyright | S. 12(8)(a), of the Copyright Act, 1978 |
Sudan | Official documents | 0, no copyright | S. 6(b) of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 1996 |
Taiwan, Republic of China |
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0, no copyright | Article 9 of the Copyright Act of the Republic of China |
Thailand | Official documents | 0, no copyright | Section 7 of the Copyright Act, BE 2537 (1994) |
United Kingdom | Works produced by the British Government | 50 years from the date of publication | |
United States | Work of the United States Government
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0, no copyright
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17 U.S.C. § 105
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Venezuela | Texts of laws, decrees, official regulations, public treaties, judicial decisions and other official acts | 0, no copyright | Art. 4, Ley sobre el Dercho de Autor as modified by the Decreto del 14 de agosto de 1993 |
Zimbabwe | Publications of the State | 50 years until year end from publication generally, with perpetual copyright if never published | S. 49, Copyright Act (Chapter 26:1) |
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