Commons:Copyright tags/Asia

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

Countries of Asia

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COM:TAG Afghanistan

Afghanistan

{{PD-Afghanistan}} – public domain (no existing copyright law)

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COM:TAG Armenia

Armenia

{{PD-Armenia}} – for anonymous works or pseudonymous works 70 years after creation, other works 70 years after the death of the (last-surviving) author, "expressions of traditional folklore and art" or "political speeches, speeches delivered in the court," or "official documents, legal acts, treaties and the official translations thereof, state emblems and signs (flags, coats of arms, medals, monetary signs)."
{{PD-AM-exempt}} – for works of folklore; communications on daily news or on current events that are press information; official documents (laws, decisions, decrees, etc.) as well as their official translations; state emblems and signs (flags, coats of arm (armorial bearings), medals (decorations), monetary signs, etc.); results obtained by technical means without the intervention of human creative activity.
{{President.am}} - for works from president.am

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COM:TAG Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

{{PD-AZ-exempt}} – for official documents (laws, court decisions, other texts of legislative, administrative or judicial character) and official translations thereof; State emblems and official signs (flags, armorial bearings, decorations, monetary signs and other State symbols and official signs); works of folklore, which have no signs of Article 5 of this law; communications concerning events and facts that have informational character.
{{President.az}} – The permission letter from the Press Secretary for the President of Azerbaijan is available here:

The are no restrictions on the full or partial use of textual, photographic, video and audio material featured on the official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the media outlets, internet resources and information carriers. This also applies to television channels, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, scientific publications and encyclopedias (including online encyclopedias).

All materials on the website are available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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COM:TAG Bahrain

Bahrain

{{PD-Bahrain}} – for films 70 years from publication, for other works 70 years after the author's death.

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COM:TAG Bangladesh

Bangladesh

{{PD-Bangladesh}} - for photographs and films 60 years starting from the end of the year it was produced; for other works 60 years after the death of the author, or last-surviving author.

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COM:TAG Bhutan

Bhutan

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COM:TAG Brunei

Brunei

{{PD-Brunei}}

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COM:TAG Cambodia

Cambodia

{{PD-Cambodia}} - Works where the (last surviving) author has been dead for over 50 years. Collective, anonymous, pseudonymous or collective audio-visual works 75 years after creation or publication.^{[2003 Article 30–31]}
{{PD-CambodiaGov}} - ineligible for copyright because it is one of: "Constitution, Law, Royal Decree, Sub-Decree, ... other Regulation, ... Proclamation (Prakas), decision, certificate, other instructed circulars issued by state organizations" and "Court decision or other court warrants" including translations thereof or "Idea, formality, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery or mere data, even if expressed, described, explained or embodied in any work."^{[2003 Article 10]}

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COM:TAG 中国 / 中國

China

{{PD-China}} – for images in the public domain according to the People's Republic of China (mainland) and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
{{PD-China-film}} – for movies or images from movies published in the China more than 50 years ago according to Mainland China and Taiwan.
{{PD-Empire of China Government Gazette}} – for the Government Gazette from January to March 1916 (Hongxian Year 1) by the Empire of China.
{{PD-Manchukuo-stamps}} – for images of Manchukuo stamps that are now in the public domain in China.

People's Republic of China

{{PD-PRC-exempt}} – for works in the public domain according to the People's Republic of China for free of copyright.
{{PD-PRC-GB mandatory standard}} – for images from mandatory Guobiao standards with legal nature.
- {{PD-PRC-Road Traffic Signs}} – for road traffic signs from mandatory National Standard GB 5768.
- {{PD-PRC-Road Traffic Markings}} – for road traffic markings from mandatory National Standard GB 5768.
{{PD-PRC-CPC}} - for works formulated by central organization of the Communist Party of China

Republic of China

Works with these tags may be published before or after 1949 within the jurisdiction of the Republic of China:

{{PD-ROC-exempt}} – for images in the public domain according to the Republic of China for free of copyright
{{PD-ROC-official}} – for the attachments of the laws of the Republic of China from the website of the Legislative Yuan law system
{{PD-ROC-Presidential Office Gazette}} – for the Presidential Office Gazette from 20 May 1948 to present by the Presidential Office of the Republic of China [1]

Older (1912–1949) works published within the jurisdiction of the Republic of China

{{PD-ROC-Provisional Government Gazette}} – for the Provisional Government Gazette from 29 January to 5 April 1912 by the Nanking Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1912) [2]
{{PD-ROC-Provisional Gazette}} – for the Provisional Gazette from 13 February to 26 April 1912 by the Peking Republican Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1912–1913)
{{PD-ROC-Government Gazette}} – for the Government Gazette from May 1912 to June 1928 by the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China [3]
{{PD-ROC-Military Government Gazette}} – for the Military Government Gazette from 17 September 1917 to 14 May 1918 by the Southern Government of the Republic of China [4]
{{PD-ROC-Generalissimo Government Gazette}} – for the Generalissimo Government Gazette from 30 January 1922 to 20 May 1925 by the Southern Generalissimo Government of the Republic of China [5]
{{PD-ROC-National Government Gazette}} – for the National Government Gazette from July 1925 to 19 May 1948 by the National Government of the Republic of China [6]

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COM:TAG Cyprus

Cyprus

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COM:TAG East Timor

East Timor

{{PD-TLGov}} - works published by the Government of East Timor, public domain according to the Article 12 of 1982 Indonesian Copyright Law.^[1]^[2] This template only applies to works published before 28 May 2023.

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COM:TAG Egypt

Egypt

{{PD Egypt}} – for all works other than those listed below.
{{PD-Egypt-folklore}} – for works deemed part of Egypt's national folklore.
{{PD-Egypt-official}} – for official documents.
{{PD-Egypt-stamp}} – for Egyptian stamps published prior to 1946.
{{FoP-Egypt}} — For photographs that benefit from the principle of freedom of panorama

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COM:TAG Georgia

Georgia

{{PD-GE-exempt}} – for official documents (laws, decisions of courts, other texts of administrative and normative character), as well as their official translations; official symbols of state (flag, emblem, anthem, award, monetary symbols, other official signs and symbols of state); information of events and facts.
{{PD-Georgia}} – for works first published in Georgia and now in the public domain because a copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Law of Georgia on Copyright and Neighboring Rights.

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COM:TAG India

India

{{PD-India}} – India public domain images and sounds, 60 years after the end of the year of first publication for anonymous and government works and a few other categories, provided that the subject matter of the photo or recording is also not protected by copyright. Otherwise public domain 60 years after the author's death.
{{PD-India-photo-1958}} – Photographs created before 1958 are in the public domain 50 years after creation.
{{PD-India-URAA}} – For work that is public domain in the United States because it was first published in India (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days) and it was first published before 1978 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities or after 1978 without copyright notice and it was in the public domain in its home country India on the URAA date January 1, 1996.
{{EdictGov-India}} – For edicts of the Government of India whose copyright have not expired. Subject to restrictions, these include laws, judgements, and Reports on the Table of the Legislature.
{{Indian navy}} – For works from the Indian Navy.
{{Indian Army}} – For works from the Indian Army.
Works by the Government of India can be uploaded under {{GODL-India}} (central government only, not state governments). (under discussion, see template talk page).
{{PD-TamilGov}} – Work in the public domain because it was nationalized by Tamil Nadu Government and released into the Public Domain.

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COM:TAG Indonesia

Indonesia

{{PD-IDGov}} – for works published and/or distributed by the government of Republic of Indonesia and fulfills the conditions of Article 43 of the 2014 Copyright Law on copyrights., see Commons:Licensing
{{PD-IDOld-Art58}} – for works whose copyright has expired according to Article 58 of the 2014 Copyright Law
{{PD-IDOld-Art59}} – for works whose copyright has expired according to Article 59 of the 2014 Copyright Law
{{PD-IDUnknown}} – for works by unknown authors whose copyright has expired according to section (2) and (3) from Articles 60 of the 2014 Copyright Law
{{PD-IDNoCopyright}} – no copyright according to Article 42 of the 2014 Copyright Law

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COM:TAG Iran

Iran

{{PD-Iran}} – copyright of photographs and movies lasts 30 years from the date of publication or presentation.

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COM:TAG Iraq

Iraq

{{PD-Iraq}} – photos 50 years after publication, starting from the publication date.

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COM:TAG Israel

Israel

{{PD-Israel}} – according to Israel's copyright law, works are released to the public domain 70 years after their author's death, starting from January 1st which occurs after the date of death. Photographs taken before May 2008 are released to the public domain 50 years after their creation, starting from January 1st which occurs after the day in which the photograph was taken. Photographs taken by a public authority (i.e. the government and its affiliated bodies) are released to public domain 50 years after their publication, starting from January 1st which occurs after the date of the first publication. According to the new Israeli copyright law, effective since May 2008, photographs are no longer an exception, and are released to the public domain 70 years after their photographer's death, unless taken by a public authority in which case the previous arrangement remains.
- {{PD-IsraelGov}} – specific for the expiration of the State of Israel's copyrights (also included in the last section of {{tl:PD-Israel}})
{{Money-IL}} – for Israeli banknotes and coins.
{{Insignia-Israel}} – for flag, emblems, coats of arms or some other official symbol which were declared a protected symbol in Israel.
{{FoP-Israel}} - "Broadcasting, or copying by way of photography, drawing, sketch or similar visual description, of an architectural work, a work of sculpture or work of applied art, are permitted where the aforesaid work is permanently situated in a public place."

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COM:TAG Japan

Japan

{{PD-Japan-oldphoto}} – for Japanese photos published before 1 January 1957, or photographed before 1 January 1947.
{{PD-Japan}} – for Japanese non-photographic works 50 years after the death of the creator (there being multiple creators, the creator who dies last), or 50 years after publication for anonymous or pseudonymous authors. Valid for works whose author died before 1968.
{{PD-Japan-film}} – for films produced in Japan prior to 1953.
{{PD-Japan-organization}} – for images of the works in names of organizations/companies/corporations 50 years after the publication. Valid for works by the name of organizations which were published before 1968.
{{PD-Japan-exempt}} – for works exempt from copyright in Japan.
{{GJSTU1}} - For contents made available on government websites under the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 1.0).
{{GJSTU-2.0}} - For contents made available on government websites under the Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Ver.2.0); compatible with CC BY 4.0.

Non-copyright tags:

{{FoP-Japan}} may be added to a picture that includes architectural works, which are allowed under the "freedom of panorama" rule, but other tags should be given to show the picture's copyright status in Japan and the United States.
{{AerialPhotograph-mlitJP}} – The copyright holder, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, allows anyone to use the image for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed.

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COM:TAG Jordan

Jordan

{{PD-Jordan}} – for photographs created prior to 1975.
{{PD-Jordan-money}} - for banknotes or coins created prior to 1968.

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COM:TAG Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

{{PD-KZ-exempt}} – for official documents (laws, court decisions and other texts of a legislative, administrative, judicial or diplomatic nature) together with official translations thereof, state emblems and official signs (flags, armorial bearings, decorations, monetary signs and other State symbols and official signs), works of folklore, communications concerning events and facts that have an informational character.

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COM:TAG Kuwait

Kuwait

{{PD-Kuwait}} – photographs, films and two dimensional artistic works 50 years after publication, starting from the end of the publication year.

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COM:TAG Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

In general, {{PD-Kyrgyzstan}} applies.
{{PD-KG-exempt}} – for official documents (laws, resolutions, decisions, etc.) as well as official translations thereof; State emblems and official signs (flags, armorial bearings, orders, monetary signs and etc.); Works of folklore; Information on the news of the day or information on the current events that are of the common press-information character; The results obtained with the help of technical means for the production of a certain type without creative activity of a man directly targeted for creation of an individual work (as amended by Law #120 from November 6, 1999).

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COM:TAG Laos

Laos

{{PD-Laos}} – Work first published in Laos and now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired.

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COM:TAG Lebanon

Lebanon

{{PD-Lebanon}} – photos and two dimensional artistic works 50 years after publication, starting from the end of the publication year after which attribution is still required forever.
{{PD-Lebanon-Photo}}. Use this tag only for photos first published before 1949.

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COM:TAG Malaysia

Malaysia

{{PD-Malaysia}}

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COM:TAG Maldives

Maldives

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COM:TAG Mongolia

Mongolia

{{PD-Mongolia}} – applies to works first published in Mongolia: applied art 25 years after publication. Other works 50 years after the author's death. Anonymous and pseudonymous works and works created by legal persons 50 years after publication.
{{PD MN-exempt}} – for exemptions listed in the Not Protected section.^{[2006 Article 8]}

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COM:TAG မြန်မာပြည်

Template:မြန်မာပြည်

Commons:Copyright rules by territory/မြန်မာပြည်

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COM:TAG Nepal

Nepal

{{PD-Nepal}} – for following types of works:

a) anonymous work or pseudonymous work – after 50 years from the date of its publication;

b) work created on payment of remuneration at the initiation or direction of any person or organization – 50 years from the date of its publication;

c) photographic work or work of applied art – 25 years from the year of its creation;

d) other work – 50 years from the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)

As per the Nepal Copyright Act, 2002, any thought, religion, process, concept, principle, court judgement, administrative decision, methods of operation, folk song, folk tale, proverb and general data is not protected.^{[8/2002 Section 4]}

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COM:TAG North Korea

North Korea

{{PD-North Korea}} – Public domain work whose copyright has expired
{{PD-KPGov}} – Government or other work in the public domain
{{PD-Korea-1910-1945}} – Work made while Korea was under Japanese occupation
{{PD-Korea-1910-1945-photo}} – Photograph made while Korea was under Japanese occupation
{{PD-Korea-1910-1945-film}} – Film made while Korea was under Japanese occupation

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COM:TAG Oman

Oman

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COM:TAG Pakistan

Pakistan

{{PD-Pakistan}} – for public domain works first published in Pakistan. According to Pakistani copyright laws, all photographs enter the public domain fifty years after they were published, and all non-photographic works enter the public domain fifty years after the death of the creator.

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COM:TAG Philippines

Philippines

{{PD-Philippines}} – for public domain Philippine images whose copyrights expired or released into the public domain.
{{PD-PhilippinesGov}} – for works of the government of the Philippines exempted from copyright as stated by Republic Act No. 8293.
{{PD-PhilippinesPubDoc}} – for works that are derived from a public document, as stated at Section 175 of Republic Act. No. 8293.
{{WorkDepicted-PD-PhilippinesGov}} – for images that depict a work of the government of the Philippines exempted from copyright as stated by Republic Act No. 8293.

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COM:TAG Qatar

Qatar

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COM:TAG Russia

Russia

==== PD tags ====

Creative Commons tags

License tags of Russia

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COM:TAG Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

{{PD-Saudi Arabia}} – photos, films, sound and artistic works 25 years after publication, starting from the publication date.
{{PD-Saudi Arabia Gov}} - laws and judicial judgments, decisions of administrative bodies, international agreements and all official documents, as well as the official translations thereof

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COM:TAG Singapore

Singapore

{{PD-SG-artisticwork}} – for published and unpublished artistic works other than photographs.
{{PD-SG-broadcast}} – for television and sound broadcasts, and cable programmes included in cable programme services.
{{PD-SG-edition}} – for published editions of a work or works.
{{PD-SG-film}} – for cinematograph films.
{{PD-SG-lifetimepub}} – for literary, dramatic and musical works published in the author's lifetime.
{{PD-SG-photo}} or {{PD-Singapore}} – for photographs.
{{PD-SG-posthumouspub}} – for posthumously published literary, dramatic and musical works, and engravings.
{{PD-SG-soundrec}} – for sound recordings.
{{PD-SG-unknownauthor}} – for anonymous and pseudonymous literary, dramatic and musical works.

{{FoP-Singapore}} – for a work that may be free under Singapore's freedom of panorama rules. A free license or public domain tag is also needed.

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COM:TAG South Korea

South Korea

{{PD-South Korea}} – for works whose author died more than 70 years ago or published in the name of an organization more than 70 years ago.
{{PD-KoreaGov}} – for government works not protected by copyright laws
{{PD-Korea-1910-1945}} – Work made while Korea was under Japanese occupation
{{PD-Korea-1910-1945-photo}} – Photograph made while Korea was under Japanese occupation
{{PD-Korea-1910-1945-film}} – Film made while Korea was under Japanese occupation
{{KOAL}} - Permissive type of Korean Open Access License
{{KOGL}} - Type 1 of Korea Open Government License

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COM:TAG Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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COM:TAG Syria

Syria

{{PD-Syria}} – Under the 2001 law, photographic work was protected for 10 years starting from the production date. As Syria Joined Berne Convention on November 2004, photographic works produced starting from 1994 should be protected for 25 years starting from the production date (minimum protection period set by Berne Convention). Under the 2013 law, protection is for the author's life + 50 years. Photographic work produced before 1994 is public domain.

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COM:TAG Tajikistan

Tajikistan

{{PD-TJ-exempt}} – for formal documents (laws, judgements, other texts of legal, administrative and judicial nature), and also their official translations; state symbols and signs (flags, coats of arms, awards, banknotes and so on); communications concerning events and facts that have informational character; works of folk arts

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COM:TAG Thailand

Thailand

{{PD-Thailand}} – for works from Thailand, which have different copyright terms depending on type, usually 50 years after the creator's death or 50 years after publication.
{{PD-TH-exempt}} – for works ineligible for copyright in Thailand, including laws and official government documents.

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COM:TAG Türkiye

Turkey

{{PD-Turkey}} for works whose author died more than 70 years ago, and anonymous works published more than 70 years ago.
{{PD-TR-currency}} for images of Turkish currency.
{{Legislation-TR}} for Turkish legislation

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COM:TAG Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

{{PD-TM-exempt}} – Work that is not an object of copyright pursuant to Article 7 of the Law No. 257-IV of January 10, 2012, on copyright and related rights. Works that are not Objects of Copyright are official documents (laws, court decisions, other texts of a legislative, administrative and judicial nature), as well as their official translations; state symbols and signs (flag, emblem, anthem, awards, banknotes and other state symbols and signs); folk art (expressions of folklore); reports about events and facts that have an informational nature.

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COM:TAG United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

{{PD-United Arab Emirates}} – photographic works 25 years after creation or published before 1992.
{{PD-United Arab Emirates stamp}} – postage stamps 50 years after publication year or issued before 1977.

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COM:TAG Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

{{PD-UZ-exempt}} – for official documents (law, resolutions, decisions, etc.) as well as their official translations; official symbols and signs (flags, arms, orders, banknotes, etc.); national creative works; reports about the news of the day or current events having the nature of usual press conference; results received with help of equipment designed for some kind of production without the person's implementation of creative activity directly associated with the creation of individual work.^{[LRU-476/2018 Article 8]}
{{PD-Uzbekistan}} – for works in the public domain according to Uzbekistanian law (70 years after the author's death).^{[LRU-476/2021 Article 35]}

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COM:TAG Vietnam

Vietnam

{{PD-Vietnam}} – all photographs enter the public domain fifty years after they were first published, and all non-photographic works enter the public domain fifty years after the death of the creator.
{{PD-VietnamGov}} – for legal text documents, administrative text documents by the government and official translations, as well as other documents mentioned in the Not protected section. Do not use this for images and logos.
{{PD-South VietnamGov}} — The government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam maintains that between 2 September 1945 and 2 July 1976 only the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of South Vietnam were legitimate governments and sees works issued by rival governments as illegal.

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COM:TAG Yemen

Yemen

{{PD-Yemen}} – details are provided by the template. This also applies to old works published in the former states of Aden Settlement, Aden Province, Aden Colony, Aden Protectorate, the Federation of South Arabia and the People's Republic of Yemen, as Yemen is the successor state of these states.

Limited recognition

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COM:TAG Abkhazia

Abkhazia

{{PD-AB-exempt}} for works that are not objects of copyright.

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COM:TAG 中華民國

Other territories

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COM:TAG Akrotiri and Dhekelia

{{PD-HK}} – for work with copyright expired.
{{PD-HK-factsheet}} – for work taken from the GovHK Fact Sheets website.^[3]

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COM:TAG Macau

Macau

{{PD-MacaoGov}} – for official works of Macau.
{{PD-MacaoGov-text}} – text is in the public domain because official texts shall not benefit from protection.
{{PD-MO}} – for works 50 years after the author's death or 50 years after creation if authorship unknown.
{{PD-MO-old-art}} – copyright in works of applied art shall lapse 25 years after the completion of the work.
{{PD-MO-old-audiovisual}} – copyright in an audiovisual work shall lapse 50 years after its disclosure.
{{PD-MO-old-broadcast}} – rights of broadcasting organizations shall lapse 20 years after the broadcast.
{{PD-MO-old-media}} – rights of producers of phonograms and videograms shall lapse 50 years after fixation.
{{PD-MO-old-photo}} – copyright in photographic works shall lapse 25 years after their completion.

partly located in Asia

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