Template:PD-Japan: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:35, 19 March 2023

This non-cinematographic work is in the public domain in Japan, as under Japanese law, the Author's rights to a work last for the life of the author plus 50 years, or 50 years after publication for anonymous, pseudonymous, or corporate works.

According to article 62 of the copyright laws of Japan, Property rights are to belong to the state according to provisions of the Civil Law and other laws after the copyright owner dead without heir or dissolution of a legal person or an organization. The product must also be in the public domain in the United States.

File:Flag of Japan.svg

File:Ambox warning pn.svg

This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:

if it entered the public domain in Japan prior to 1996, or
when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.

Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.

If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in Japan an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.

If the media is in the public domain in both Japan and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.

Note: If this image is in the public domain in the U.S., modify the end of the copyright tag from }} to |commons}}.
This will replace the preceding U.S. copyright notification with a nomination for this image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.

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Revision as of 03:21, 24 December 2021 (view source) w>Fastily (not clear how Wrong-license is relevant, considering that the default case already includes Non-free in US)		Latest revision as of 14:35, 19 March 2023 (view source) Paul Sidle (talk \| contribs) m (1 revision imported)
(No difference)