Commons:Copyright tags/Americas

This page gives lists of country-specific copyright tags in different countries or territories of the Americas. It is "transcluded" from individual page sections that give the copyright tags specific to each country or territory.

Countries of the Americas

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Argentina

{{PD-AR-Photo}} – for Argentinian photographs first published more than 25 years ago. A proper source and date of publications has to be provided.
{{PD-AR-Movie}} – for Argentinian and cinematographic works 50 years after the death of the script writer, the producer and the director.
{{PD-AR-Music}} – for Argentinian music first published more than 70 years ago, and for free music performances done by musical ensembles belonging to the national, provincial or municipal governments.
{{PD-AR-Anonymous}} – for anonymous works belonging to an institution, corporation or legal entity, registered in Argentina published 50 years ago or more.
{{PD-AR-Signs}} – for road signs published in laws or other regulations.
{{PD-AR-Deputies}} – for contents from the Argentine Deputies Chamber website.
{{PD-AR-Senate}} - for contents from the Argentine Senate website.
{{CC-AR-Presidency}} - for contents from the Presidency of Argentina website after 9 December 2015.
- {{CC-AR-Presidency-old}} - for contents from the Presidency of Argentina website before 9 December 2015.
For all other works 70 years after the death of the author, {{PD-old}} applies.
Local governments tags:
- {{CC-AR-GCBA}} - for contents from the Government of Buenos Aires City website.
- {{PD-AR-BALegislature}} - for contents from the Buenos Aires's City Legislature website before 14 August 2022.
- {{Cc-by-2.5-ar}} - for contents from the Bahía Blanca Partido website.
- {{CC-AR-GobEntreRíos}} - for contents from the Secretariat of Communication of the Government of Entre Ríos website.
- {{CC-AR-GobRíoNegro}} - for contents from the Government of Río Negro Province website.
- {{CC-AR-GobSantaFe}} - for contents from the Government of Santa Fe Province website.
- {{CC-AR-MunicipalidadCórdoba}} - for contents from the Municipality of Córdoba website before 28 September 2020.
- {{CC-AR-MunicipalidadMendoza}} - for contents from the Municipality of Mendoza website before 28 March 2022.
- {{Municipalidad de Rosario}} - for contents from the Municipality of Rosario website.
Political parties tags:
- {{Unión Cívica Radical}} - for contents from the Radical Civic Union website.
- {{CC-AR-PartidoObrero}} - for contents from the Workers' Party website.
News websites tags:
- {{CC-AR-PrensaObrera}} - for contents from the Workers' Press website.
- {{CC-AR-ANRed}} - for contents from the ANRed website.

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The Bahamas

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Barbados

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Belize

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Bolivia

{{PD-Bolivia}}

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Brazil

Simplified flowchart for licensing in the context of Brazil

{{PD-BrazilGov}} – for works published or commissioned by a Brazilian government (federal, state, or municipal) prior to 1983, or the text of a treaty, convention, law, decree, regulation, judicial decision, or other official enactment.
{{PD-Brazil-Photo}} - Non-artistic photographs produced until 19 June 1998.
{{PD-Brazil-media}} – for Brazilian photographs and audiovisual works first published more than 70 years ago.
{{PD-Brazil-URAA}} – for Brazilian photographic works published/created before 1998, whose author died before 1936, or anonymous works published before 1936.
{{PD-BR-1935}} – for Brazilian audiovisual works created before 1936 that entered the public domain 60 years after creation.
{{Arquivo Nacional PD-license}} – for works preservated by the Brazilian National Archives.

See also Category:License tags attribution from Brazil, for example:

{{Attribution-NavyofBrazil}} – for some works published by the Brazilian Navy.

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Canada

{{PD-Canada}} – for Government images and other works first published over 50 years ago, photographs created before 1949 and works where the author died before 1972.
{{PD-Canada-anon}} – for works where the author or authors are unknown, and the work was published before 1970 or created before 1945
{{PD-Canada-Crown}} - for Crown copyright works over 50 years old
{{PD-Canada-stamp}} – for stamps over 50 years old
{{OGL-C}} for Government supplied information released under the Open Government License-Canada. Usually through the Open Data portal, https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data, or the geogratis portal, https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/topographic-information/10785
{{OGL-Alberta}}, {{OGL-BC}}, or {{OGL-ON}} for material released under open-data licences of provincial governments
{{OGL-YT}} for material released under open-data licences of territorial governments
{{StatCanOpen}} for material released under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

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Chile

{{PD-Chile}} – for works in the public domain according to Chilean law (see: Template talk:PD-Chile).

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Colombia

{{PD-Colombia}} – generally 80 years after the author's death or 80 years after publication of audiovisual works, collective works and anonymous works. In all cases where a work has as its owner a legal entity or an official body or any institution under government public law, the term of protection shall be deemed to be 70 years as from the date of publication.

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Costa Rica

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Cuba

{{PD-Cuba}} – for works made in Cuba whose copyright has expired.

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Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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Ecuador

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El Salvador

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Grenada

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Guatemala

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Guyana

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Haiti

{{PD-Haiti}} – General copyright protection last for 60 years.^{[2005 Article 20–24]} Photographic works are protected for 25 years after the end of the year the work was created.^{[2005 Article 25]}

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Honduras

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Jamaica

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Mexico

{{PD-Mexico}} – author died before 1952 or government works over 100 years old.
{{PD-Coa-Mexico}} – coats of arms.
{{PD-MX-exempt}} – shields, flags or emblems of the Mexican government, or any other organization officially recognized.
{{PD-Mexico-NIP}} – all information published at http://fuente.presidencia.gob.mx/ before April 2006.
{{LGACDMX}} – all open information published at "cdmx.gob.mx" websites.

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Nicaragua

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Panama

{{PD-Panama}} - Works in the public domain

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Paraguay

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Peru

{{PD-old-70}} - For works by authors who died more than 70 years ago if them were died since 1946.
{{PD-anon-expired}} - For anonymous works made public more than 95 years ago if this one was renewed on the URAA date.
{{PD-PE-exempt}} - For works exempt from copyright under Peruvian law. Including documents under the TUPA standard.
- {{PD-PE-signs}} - For reproductions from Manual de Dispositivos de Control de Tránsito Automotor en Calles y Carreteras of road signals, a official document also exempt from copyright under Peruvian law.
- {{PD-PE-insignia}} - For reproductions from official texts of official insignias (flags, coat of arms and logos), exempt from copyright under Peruvian law.
{{PD-PCP-SL}} - For works carried out by the Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path. Since it does not have rights to exploit its works outside the territorial legal framework as VRAEM and under an organization that is exempt from obtaining ownership of its works in Peruvian territory, according to the Law of Extinction of Property, the constitution and Art. 30 of DL 822: Indecopi is not legally permitted to protect their "copyright patrimonial rights" them under these criteria. It should be noted that the extinguishment of ownership applies to all "furniture", which in Article 886, paragraph 6 of the Civil Code (as 2018) includes as "furniture" "copyright patrimonial rights".
{{TOO-Peru}} - For non-original works like simple designs and logotypes.

Peruvian Government

Some Peruvian government or administrative entities works are published under free licenses:

According to this guide, except as otherwise indicated, works from Portal Nacional de Datos Abiertos (National Open Data Platform) or another interoperable open data platform are subject to templates: {{ODbL}} or {{PD-because|Per COM:Peru, the file from peruvian administrative acts on their Open Data platform is free of rights.}}.
Photographic works from Flickr account of the municipality of Miraflores are under CC-BY 2.5 PE. Tagged as {{CC-PE-MunicipalidadMirafloresFlickr}}.

Old works under 1961 law

For old works whose protection lasted until 1 January 1996 under Manuel Prado Copyright law of 1961 are PD in U.S. and Peru (before the repeal of the law in 23 May 1996 and URAA date):

{{PD-Peru-1961law}} - For peruvian authors died prior to 1946 (or that the rights were not inherited for those who died before 31 December 1965).
{{PD-Peru-organization}} - For peruvian government and juridical organizations works released prior to 31 December 1970.
{{PD-Peru-photo}} - For all non-individual photographs disclosed in Peru prior to 31 December 1975 (or created more than 70 years ago in 1996 law).
{{PD-Peru-anonymous}} for anonymous works prior to 31 December 1980 and no register the name of the author in Registro Nacional de Derecho de Autor 15 years following publication.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Suriname

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Trinidad and Tobago

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United States of America

{{PD-US}} – US work that is in the public domain in the US for an unspecified reason, but presumably because it was published in the US before 1929.
{{PD-US-expired}} – published anywhere (or registered with the US Copyright Office) before 1929 and public domain in the US (preferred over {{PD-US}}).
{{PD-1996}} – public domain in its source country on January 1, 1996 and in the United States.
{{PD-US-not renewed}} – US work published and copyrighted in the United States between 1929 and 1963, with its copyright not renewed.
{{PD-US-no notice}} – US work published in the US between 1929 and 1978 but without a copyright notice.
{{PD-US-no notice advertisement}} – advertisement published in the US between 1929 and 1978 in a collective work without a copyright notice specific to the advertisement.
{{PD-US-1978-89}} – published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 but with neither copyright notice nor registration within 5 years.
{{PD-US-unpublished}} – for works that were never published anywhere before 2003 and whose author died before 1954 or, if the author's year of death is unknown or inapplicable, were created before 1904.
{{PD-US-record-expired}} – for sound recordings that were first published before January 1, 1924.
{{PD-Edison Records}} – for public domain sound recordings from Edison Records.
{{PD-EdictGov}} – for all edicts of government, which are in the public domain in the United States.
{{PD-US-Codes-and-Standards-as-Statutory-Law}} – for US standards and codes that have become edicts of government when adopted, thereby losing copyright protection.
{{PD-US-Medical imaging}} - medical imaging created in the United States without any particular originality or creativity to make it copyrightable.

US Government agencies

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{{PD-USGov}} – for images created by the US Federal Government that are ineligible for copyright.

Judicial Branch

{{PD-USGov-Judiciary}} – for federal Court case documents.

Legislative Branch

{{PD-USGov-Congress}} – for public domain images from the United States Congress.
- {{PD-USGov-Congress-AOC}} – for public domain images from the Architect of the Capitol.
- {{PD-USGov-Congress-Speaker}} – for public domain images from the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
- {{PD-USGov-GAO}} – for public domain media from the General Accounting Office.
- See also #US Library of Congress public domain collections

Department of Agriculture

{{PD-USGov-USDA}} – for public domain images from the United States Department of Agriculture.
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-ARS}} – for public domain images from the Agricultural Research Service.
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-FS}} – for public domain images from the Forest Service.
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-NAL}} – for public domain images from the National Agricultural Library.
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-NRCS}} – for public domain images from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- {{PD-USGov-FSA}} – for images from the defunct Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information.

Department of Commerce

{{PD-USGov-DOC}} – for public domain images from the Department of Commerce.
- {{PD-USGov-DOC-Census}} – public domain files from the US Census Bureau.
- {{PD-USGov-NIST}} – for public domain images from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- {{PD-USGov-NOAA}} – for public domain images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  - {{PD-NWS}} – for public domain media from the National Weather Service.
- {{PD-US-patent}} – for public domain images released under US patent regulations.

Department of Defense

{{PD-USGov-Military}} – for public domain images from the US military or Department of Defense.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Air Force}} – for public domain images from the US Air Force.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Air National Guard}} – for works of the Air National Guard.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army}} – for public domain images from the US Army.
  - {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACE}} – for public domain images from the US Army Corps of Engineers.
  - {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACMH}} – for public domain images from the US Army Center for Military History.
  - {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USAIOH}} – for public domain images from the US Army Institute of Heraldry.
- {{PD-USGov-Military award}} – for public domain images of military medals.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Badge}} – for public domain images of military badges.
- {{PD-USCG}} – for public domain images from the US Coast Guard.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-DVIC}} – for media from the Defense Visual Information Center.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Marines}} – for public domain images from the US Marine Corps.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-MDA}} – for public domain images from the Missile Defense Agency.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} – for public domain images from the US Navy.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-National Guard}} – for public domain images from the US National Guard.
- {{PD-USGov-Military-NGA}} – for public domain data and images from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
- {{PD-USGov-NRO}} – for public domain images from the National Reconnaissance Office.
- {{PD-USGov-NSA}} – for public domain images from the National Security Agency.
- {{PD-WSMRM}} – for images from the White Sands Missile Range Museum website.

Department of Education

{{PD-USGov-ED}} – for public domain images from the Department of Education.

Department of Energy

{{PD-USGov-DOE}} – for public domain images from the Department of Energy.
- {{PD-LosAlamos}} – for DOE public domain images from the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- {{PD-USGov-ARM}} – for public domain images from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program.

Department of Health and Human Services

{{PD-USGov-HHS}} – for public domain images from the Department of Health and Human Services.
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-CDC}} – for public domain images from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  - {{PD-USGov-HHS-NIOSH}} – for public domain images from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
- {{PD-USGov-FDA}} – for public domain images from the Food and Drug Administration.
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-NIH}} or {{PD-USGov-NIH}} – for public domain media from the National Institutes of Health.
  - {{PD-USGov-NIH-NIAID}} – for public domain images from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
    - {{PD-USGov-NIH-NIAID-Videos}} – for public domain images from a list of public domain videos of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
  - {{PD-USGov-NCBI-scienceprimer}} – for public domain images from the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Science Primer.
- {{PD-USGov-PHS}} – for public domain images from the United States Public Health Service.

Department of Homeland Security

{{PD-USGov-DHS}} – for public domain images from the Department of Homeland Security.
- {{PD-USCG}} – for public domain images from the US Coast Guard.
- {{PD-USGov-FEMA}} – for public domain images from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Department of Housing and Urban Development

{{PD-USGov-HUD}} – for public domain images from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Department of the Interior

{{PD-USGov-Interior}} – for public domain images from the Department of the Interior.
- {{PD-USGov-BLM}} – for public domain images from the Bureau of Land Management.
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-BOEMRE}} – for public domain images from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.
- {{PD-USGov-FWS}} – for public domain images from the Fish and Wildlife Service.
- {{PD-USGov-USGS}} – for public domain images from the United States Geological Survey.
  - {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS-Minerals}} – for public domain images from the USGS Minerals in Your World project.
  - {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS-NBII}} – for public domain images from the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Digital Image Library.
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-HABS}} – for public domain images from the Historic American Buildings Survey.
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-MMS}} – for public domain images from the Minerals Management Service.
- {{PD-USGov-NPS}} - for public domain images from the National Park Service.
  - {{PD-USGov-NPS-HAER}} - National Park Service - Historic American Engineering Record.
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USBR}} – for public domain images from the Bureau of Reclamation.
- {{PD-USGov-Atlas}} – for public domain images from the National Atlas of the United States.
- {{PD-USGov-AVO}} – for images from web cameras operated by the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Department of Justice

{{PD-USGov-DOJ}} – for public domain images from the Department of Justice.
- {{PD-USGov-DEA}} – for public domain images from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
- {{PD-USGov-FBI}} – for public domain images from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Department of Labor

{{PD-USGov-DOL}} – for public domain images from the Department of Labor.

Department of State

{{PD-USGov-DOS}} – for public domain images from the Department of State.
- {{PD-USGov-USIA}} – for public domain images from the now-defunct United States Information Agency.

Department of Transportation

{{PD-USGov-DOT}} – for public domain images from the Department of Transportation.
- {{PD-USGov-MUTCD}} – for images taken from the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
- {{PD-USGov-FAA}} – for public domain images from Federal Aviation Administration.
- {{PD-USGov-NTSB}} – for public domain images from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Department of the Treasury

{{PD-USGov-Treasury}} – for public domain images from the Department of the Treasury.
- {{PD-USGov-money}} – for images of the official currency of the United States that are ineligible for copyright.

Department of Veterans Affairs

{{PD-USGov-DVA}} – for public domain images from the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Independent agencies

{{PD-USGov-BBG}} – for public domain images created by Broadcasting Board of Governors.
- {{PD-USGov-VOA}} – for public domain images from the Voice of America [1].
{{PD-USGov-CIA}} – for public domain media from the Central Intelligence Agency.
- {{PD-USGov-CIA-WF}} – for public domain images from the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.
{{PD-USGov-EPA}} – for public domain images from the Environmental Protection Agency.
{{PD-USGov-Federal Reserve}} – for public domain images from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
{{PD-USGov-NASA}} – for public domain images from NASA.
- {{PD-WorldWind}} – for public domain images taken with NASA's World Wind
- {{PD-USGov-NASA-SRTM}} – data from http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/. Note, this is not a copyright tag, but simply a source information tag
- {{PD-USGov-NASA-AP|mission=mission|roll=roll|frame=frame}} – data from http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/. Parameters are photography code. Note: unlike the following tag, this is not a copyright tag, but simply a source information tag.
- {{PD-USGov-NASA-AP}} – for US Astronauts' Photographs.
{{PD-USGov-NSF}} – for public domain images from the National Science Foundation.
{{PD-USGov-ODNI}} - for public domain images from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
{{PD-USGov-PC}} – for public domain images from the Peace Corps.
{{PD-USGov-POTUS}} – for public domain images from the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
{{PD-USGov-SI}} – for public domain images from the Smithsonian Institution
{{PD-USGov-USAID}} – for public domain images from USAID.
{{PD-USGov-USTR}} – for public domain images from the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
{{PD-USGov-WPA}} – for public domain images from the defunct Works Progress Administration.
{{PD-USGov-TVA}} – for public domain images from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
{{PD-USGov-Award}} – for an image of an award or decoration of an agency of the federal government of the United States.

US Library of Congress public domain collections

US States

See also public domain status of official US government works and Copyright status of works by US subnational governments

{{PD-CAGov}} – for images created by the State of California.
{{PD-FLGov}} – for images created by the Government of the US State of Florida that are ineligible for copyright.
{{PD-MAGov}} – for works created by the State of Massachusetts.
{{PD-MGS}} – for maps and reports created by the Minnesota Geological Survey and released to the public domain; attribution is requested.
{{Iowa General Assembly official portrait permission}} – for official portraits of Iowa state legislators.
{{PD-WSRC}} – for images created by the Washington State Redistricting Commission and released to the public domain; attribution is requested.
{{PD-OK-LSBPD}} – for images created by the State of Oklahoma’s Legislative Service Bureau, Photo Division
{{PD-MEGov}} - for information developed by the network manager for InforME and public information made available through InforME

US Territories

{{PD-PRGov}} – for images created by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
{{PD-USGov-Unincorporated}} – used for work created by governments of "W:Unorganized territories" (excluding American Samoa), because they are considered part of the US Federal Government) and hence their works are ineligible for copyright.^[1]^[2]

Work of Organized Territories has less clear status; the first link in this section shows strong evidence that Puerto Rico's works are in the public domain, while the second link prevaricates. Flags and coats of arms seem to follow the same laws as the US^[3]

American Samoa

{{PD-American Samoa}} — used for works made in American Samoa so long as the work has not been copyrighted elsewhere in the United States. Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/American Samoa

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Uruguay

{{PD-Uruguay}} – for works in the public domain because their copyright has expired (70 years after the author's death).
{{PD-Uruguay-anon}} – for anonymous works published more than 70 years ago.

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Venezuela

{{PD-Venezuela}} – generally 60 years after the author's death with the exception of audiovisual works, broadcast works and computer programs, in which case the protection lasts for 60 years after publication.
{{PD-VenezuelaGov}} – for the "texts of laws, decrees, official regulations, public treaties, judicial decisions and other official acts", and the "intellectual products generated under an employment relationship in the public sector — or financed through public funds".

Other areas

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↑ Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices, § 1102.08(b) ↑ W:Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices, § 206.02(e) ↑ Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios. (in es). LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico. Retrieved on 24 September 2020.

[1] Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices, § 1102.08(b)

[206.02e-2] W:Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices, § 206.02(e)

[LexJuris_(Leyes_y_Jurisprudencia)_de_Puerto_Rico-3] Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios. (in es). LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico. Retrieved on 24 September 2020.

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