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Status of postage stamps in Eurasia. * Grey – stamps enter the public domain after the author has been dead for a certain number of years (70 in Europe, depends on the country in Asia) * Red – Stamps are in Public Domain * Yellow – Copyright of stamps expires 50 years after publication ** In the case of Ireland post-1984 stamps copyright is extended up by 70 years. * Brown – Copyright of stamps expires a different number of years after publication (Iran 30 years, India 60 years) * Green – Rule varies by country. Netherlands: Stamps are copyrighted, but term differs depending on whether published before 1989 or not. Finland: Stamps published by the government (pre-1990 in Finland except Åland, presumably pre-2009 in Åland) are in the public domain. Stamps published by private companies such as Itella Oyj Abp and Posten Åland Ab are copyrighted and enter the public domain 70 years after the death of the author.
Status of postage stamps in Eurasia.
  • Grey – stamps enter the public domain after the author has been dead for a certain number of years (70 in Europe, depends on the country in Asia)
  • Red – Stamps are in Public Domain
  • Yellow – Copyright of stamps expires 50 years after publication
    • In the case of Ireland post-1984 stamps copyright is extended up by 70 years.
  • Brown – Copyright of stamps expires a different number of years after publication (Iran 30 years, India 60 years)
  • Green – Rule varies by country. Netherlands: Stamps are copyrighted, but term differs depending on whether published before 1989 or not. Finland: Stamps published by the government (pre-1990 in Finland except Åland, presumably pre-2009 in Åland) are in the public domain. Stamps published by private companies such as Itella Oyj Abp and Posten Åland Ab are copyrighted and enter the public domain 70 years after the death of the author.

An image of a postage stamp must be in the public domain, or freely licensed, before it can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Copyright rules for stamps vary from country to country. Stamps may be considered government works that are not protected by copyright, although there may be non-copyright restrictions on the ways in which the stamps can be used. They may be considered government or corporate works that are protected by copyright for a defined period such as 50 years after issuance. The copyright term may be based on the life of the contributors to the stamp design, and may extend for 70 years or more after the death of the last survivor.

The goal of this project page is to clarify the copyright situation of postage stamps. It contains information "transcluded" from pages that describe the relevant rules for each country.

See also: Commons:Stamps/Public domain templates

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  The Universal Postal Union, in conjunction with the World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP), has developed the WADP Numbering System (WNS), launched on 1 January 2002. The web site (https://www.wnsstamps.post/en/Stamps-Search) has entries for some 160 countries and emitting postal entities, with over 25,000 registered stamps since 2002. Many of them have images, which generally remain copyrighted by the issuing country, but which the UPU and WADP permit to be downloaded.

References

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  1. ↑ THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ON AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO THE LAW "ON POSTAL COMMUNICATION". parliament.am
  2. ↑ Harold Joseph Thomas v David George Brown & James Morrison Vallely Tennant [1997] FCA 215. Federal Court of Australia (9 April 1997).
  3. ↑ 15 декабря 2003 г. № 258-З О почтовой связи – Postage Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 258-З of December 15, 2003 (in Russian). Retrieved on 2019-02-05.
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  8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Hourriez
  9. ↑ A Szerzői Jogi Szakértő Testület szakvéleményei. Bankjegy-, illetve pénzérme-kép szerzői jogi védelme, felhasználása; a szerzői jogok jogosultja. Ügyszám: SZJSZT (September 2001).]
  10. ↑ Council of Copyright Experts. Hungarian Intellectual Property Office. Retrieved on 2019-03-26.
  11. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named StampArt
  12. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Ferri
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  14. ↑ Cherpillod in Müller/Oertli, Urheberrechtsgesetz, 2nd ed. 2012, Art. 5 para. 3
  15. ↑ Barrelet/Egloff, Das neue Urheberrecht, 3rd ed. 2008, Art. 5 para. 5
  16. ↑ von Büren/Meer in von Büren/David, SIWR II/1, 3rd ed. 2014, para. 379
  17. ↑ Hilty, Urheberrecht, 2011, para. 130
  18. ↑ Dessemontet, Le droit d'auteur, 1999, para. 413
  19. ↑ Gilliéron in Werra/Gilliéron, Propriété intellectuelle, 2013, Art. 5 LDA para. 9
  20. ↑ von Büren, Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte, ZSR 1993, 193-222, 200
  21. ↑ disagreeing: Rehbinder/Viganò, URG, 3rd ed. 2008, Art. 5 para. 3 [included by analogy]
  22. ↑ ЗАКОН № 36 от 17-03-2016. Justice Ministry of Moldova
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  27. ↑ W Egloff in D Barrelet and W Egloff (eds), Das neue Urheberrecht (4th edn, Stämpfli 2020) art 5 para 5 («da sie keine Zahlungsmittel sind und auch sonst unter keine Ausnahmebestimmung fallen»); R von Büren and MA Meer in R von Büren and L David (eds), Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (3rd edn, Helbing & Lichtenhahn 2014) para 379 («es handelt sich bei ihnen nämlich nicht um offizielle Zahlungsmittel, da sie keinen gesetzlichen Kurs haben und nicht in Zahlung genommen werden müssen»); I Cherpillod in BK Müller and R Oertli (eds), Urheberrechtsgesetz (URG) (2nd edn, Stämpfli 2012) art 5 para 3; RM Hilty, Urheberrecht (2nd edn, Stämpfli 2020) para 254 («zumal der im Vorentwurf von 1987 enthaltene Schutzausschluss im Rahmen des bundesrätlichen Entwurfs wieder gestrichen worden war»); P Gilliéron in J de Werra and P Gilliéron (eds), Propriété intellectuelle (Helbing & Lichtenhahn 2013) art 5 LDA para 9; M Rehbinder, L Haas, and K-P Uhlig (eds), URG (4th edn, Orell Füssli 2022) art 5 para 7 (departing from the view expressed in the previous edition).
  28. ↑ 電子郵件920523. TIPO (2003-05-23).
  29. ↑ LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN ON POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS. National Legislative Center the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
  30. ↑ Tonga Consolidated Legislation: Post Office Act Acts 12 of 1933 and 29 of 1977. Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Retrieved on 2019-03-16.
  31. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ZakonPost
  32. ↑ http://about.usps.com/corporate-social-responsibility/stamp-collecting.htm#asc8
  33. ↑ http://about.usps.com/doing-business/rights-permissions/welcome.htm USPS site
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