Camera-wiki.org:Japanese document in public domain, before 1946
The anonymous documents published in Japan before January 1st, 1946 are in public domain in the following countries:
- laws of Japan: the copyrights for an anonymous work expire 50 years after its first publication[1]
- laws of the European Union: the "shorter term" rule applies to foreign works, and foreign documents which are already in public domain in their home country are not protected in the European Union[2]
- laws of the United States: the foreign works which were already in public domain in their home country as of January 1st, 1996 are not protected in the United States[3]
The advertising material published by a company follows the same rules as anonymous documents, unless it is explicitly signed by an individual or some individual later claimed to be the original author.
- ↑ Copyright law of Japan (from the CRIC website), chapter II, section 4.
- ↑ Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights, art.7.
- ↑ Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, 1 January 2007, by Peter B. Hirtle.
