Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Papua New Guinea
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Copyright rules: Papua New Guinea Shortcut: COM:PAPUA NEW GUINEA | |
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| Durations | |
|---|---|
| Standard | Life + 50 years |
| Anonymous | Publish + 50 years |
| Audiovisual | Create/publish + 50 years |
| Collective | Create/publish + 50 years |
| Applied art | Create + 25 years |
| Other | |
| Common licence tags | {{PD-Papua New Guinea}} |
| ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 | PNG |
| Treaties | |
| WTO member | 9 June 1996 |
| URAA restoration date* | 9 June 1996 |
| *A work is usually protected in the US if it is a type of work copyrightable in the US, published after 31 December 1928 and protected in the country of origin on the URAA date. | |
This page provides an overview of copyright rules of Papua New Guinea relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in Papua New Guinea must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both Papua New Guinea and the United States before it can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. If there is any doubt about the copyright status of a work from Papua New Guinea, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.
Background
In the late 19th century the island of New Guinea was divided between the Netherlands in the west, Germany in the northeast and Britain in the southeast. In 1906 Australia took over responsibility for British New Guinea. During World War I the Australians seized German New Guinea. The territories administered by Australia were known as Papua and New Guinea. On 16 September 1975 Papua New Guinea became fully independent.
Papua New Guinea has been a member of the World Trade Organization since 9 June 1996.[1]
As of 2018 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, listed the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000 as the main IP law enacted by the legislature of Papua New Guinea.[1] WIPO holds the text of this law in their WIPO Lex database.[2]
General rules
According to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000,
- The economic and moral rights in respect of a copyright work shall be protected during the life of the author and for a period of 50 years of the date of his death.[2000 Sec.17(1)]
- In the case of a collective work, other than a work of applied art, and in the case of an audiovisual work, the economic and moral rights shall be protected for a period of 50 years from the date on which the work was made, first made available to the public or first published, whichever occurs last.[2000 Sec.17(3)]
- In the case of a work published anonymously or under a pseudonym, the economic and moral rights shall be protected for a period of 50 years from the date on which the work was made, first made available to the public or first published, whichever occurs last.[2000 Sec.17(4)]
- In the case of a work of applied art, the economic and moral rights shall be protected for a period of 25 years from the making of the work.[2000 Sec.17(5)]
Not protected
See also: Commons:Unprotected works
According to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000, there is no protection for
- any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery or mere date, whether expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work;[2000 Sec.5(a)]
- any official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature or any official translation thereof.[2000 Sec.5(b)]
Freedom of panorama
See also: Commons:Freedom of panorama
Not OK. According to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000, freedom of panorama only covers uses for personal, educational (teaching), archival, and news reporting purposes.[2000 Sec.8–13]
See also
Citations
- ↑ a b Papua New Guinea Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights). WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization (2018). Retrieved on 2018-11-04.
- ↑ Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000. Papua New Guinea (2018). Retrieved on 2018-11-04.