Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Montserrat
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Copyright rules: Montserrat Shortcut: COM:Montserrat | |
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| Durations | |
|---|---|
| Standard | Life + 50 years |
| Photograph | Publish + 50 years |
| Anonymous | Publish + 50 years |
| Other | |
| Freedom of panorama | For architecture, sculptures, and works of artistic craftsmanship |
| Terms run to year end | Yes |
| Common licence tags | {{PD-old-auto}} |
| ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 | MSR |
| Treaties | |
| Berne convention | 5 December 1887 |
| Univ. Copyright Convention | 27 September 1957 |
| WTO member | 1 January 1995 |
| URAA restoration date* | 1 January 1996 |
| WIPO treaty | 14 March 2010 |
| *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 the Montserrat relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in Montserrat must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both Montserrat 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 the Montserrat, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.
Background
editMontserrat was part of the federal crown colony of the British Leeward Islands from 1871 to 1958. The island became a province of the short-lived West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. Montserrat today is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the House of Assembly.
As of December 2018 Montserrat continued to use the United Kingdom's 1956 Copyright Act.[1] The United Kingdom government holds a copy of this act as originally enacted.[2]
General rules
editUnder the Copyright Act 1956,
- Copyright subsisting in a work ... shall continue to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author died, and shall then expire.[1956 Sec.2(3), 3(4)]
- If the work had not been made public before the death of the author, copyright shall continue to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year which it was made public.[1956 Sec.2(3), 3(4)]
- Where the first publication of a literary, dramatic, or musical work. or of an artistic work other than a photograph, is anonymous or pseudonymous, any copyright subsisting in the work ... shall continue to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published, and shall then expire.[1956 2nd Sched. Sec.2]
- The copyright in a photograph shall continue to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the photograph is first published, and shall then expire.[1956 Sec.3(4b)]
Freedom of panorama
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See also: Commons:Freedom of panorama
OK for architecture, sculptures, and works of artistic craftsmanship. Not OK for other types of artistic works. The Copyright Act 1956 contains freedom of panorama provisions at Section 9, subsections 3–6, with similar rules as those of the United Kingdom freedom of panorama.
See also
editCitations
edit- ↑ Nerisaa Golden (3 December 2018). Montserrat Creatives at Risk With Archaic Copyright Laws, Says Attorney. Discover Montserrat. Retrieved on 2019-03-14.
- ↑ Copyright Act 1956. United Kingdom (1956).