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SKATER 21:41, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

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v t e Copyright law by country
Copyright acts by country Copyright case law by country Copyright lengths by country International copyright treaties by country related rights Rule of the shorter term
Africa	Benin  Burundi Cameroon Ghana Egypt Ivory Coast  Madagascar  Morocco  Mozambique  Senegal  South Africa
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Europe	European Union Austria  Belgium  France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Netherlands Poland Romania Spain Sweden Other countries Albania Armenia  Belarus  Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan  Moldova Russia USSR Russian Federation Serbia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Category:Copyright law by country

{{helpme}}

I have some questions regarding the use of pictures

1. Is there an easy way to check whether a picture has copyright
2. If no to question one, is there some kind of list with the length of copyright for most countries

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I might add that the pictures I want are from 1910 and 1888 and property of the US government, so they should be copyright free (right?)

• Sadly, there is no simple way to check copyright status. If an image does not clearly state that it is appropriately licenced for use in Misplaced Pages, then it is very difficult fo ascertain the permission.

• One place that could help is, Misplaced Pages:Media copyright questions.

• Information about copyright status for different countries is on the page Commons:Commons:Copyright.

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  09:36, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Like Chzz (talk · contribs) says, unless otherwise stated (explicitly), the picture is under copyright and can only be used on Misplaced Pages in limited cases covered by WP:NFCC. Regardless, all pictures published prior to 1923 are in the public domain in the United States. Pictures that were published later or not at all are still in the public domain if the author died more than 70 years ago. However, U.S government pictures are generally in the public domain anyway. See Copyright status of work by the U.S. government. Regards, decltype (talk) 09:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

If the pictures in question are already on Misplaced Pages, there should be licensing and copyright info on their page. If it not, it can be pretty difficult to determine. I have added some info for copyrights in several countries for you.

You are correct: Government-produced content is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright.

Note: This only applies to works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See 206.02(b) of Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices]).

If you need anything else, feel free to leave a note on my talk page, or simply add the {{helpme}} tag to your userpage again. Best of luck! enna_sis @ 09:44, 8 April 2010 (UTC)