Commons:Copyright tags/Americas

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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[edit]

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COM:TAG Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

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COM:TAG Argentina

Argentina

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COM:TAG Bahamas

The Bahamas

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COM:TAG Barbados

Barbados

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COM:TAG Belize

Belize

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COM:TAG Bolivia

Bolivia

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COM:TAG Brazil

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-media}} – for Brazilian photographs and audiovisual works first published more than 70 years ago.
  • {{PD-Brazil-URAA}} – for Brazilian works published before 1989, whose author died before 1936, or anonymous works published before 1936.
  • {{PD-BR-1937}} – for Brazilian audiovisual works created before 1937 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:

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COM:TAG Canada

Canada

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COM:TAG Chile

Chile

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COM:TAG Colombia

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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COM:TAG Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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COM:TAG Cuba

Cuba

  • {{PD-Cuba}} – for works made in Cuba whose copyright has expired.
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COM:TAG Dominica

Dominica

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COM:TAG Ecuador

Ecuador

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COM:TAG El Salvador

El Salvador

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COM:TAG Grenada

Grenada

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COM:TAG Guatemala

Guatemala

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COM:TAG Guyana

Guyana

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COM:TAG Haiti

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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COM:TAG Honduras

Honduras

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COM:TAG Jamaica

Jamaica

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COM:TAG Mexico

Mexico

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COM:TAG Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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COM:TAG Panama

Panama

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

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COM:TAG Paraguay

Paraguay

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COM:TAG Peru

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 and the constitution, 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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Lucia

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Suriname

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  • {{PD-US}} – U.S. work that is in the public domain in the U.S. for an unspecified reason, but presumably because it was published in the U.S. before 1927.
  • {{PD-US-expired}} – published anywhere (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before 1927 and public domain in the U.S. (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}} – U.S. work published and copyrighted in the United States between 1927 and 1963, with its copyright not renewed.
  • {{PD-US-no notice}} – U.S. work published in the U.S. between 1927 and 1978 but without a copyright notice.
  • {{PD-US-no notice advertisement}} – advertisement published in the U.S. between 1927 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 1952 or, if the author's year of death is unknown or inapplicable, were created before 1902.
  • {{PD-US-record}} – for sound recordings that were first fixed prior to February 15, 1972.
  • {{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 U.S. 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.

See also #US States and Territories

U.S. Government agencies[edit]

Shortcut
  • {{PD-USGov}} – for images created by the U.S. Federal Government that are ineligible for copyright.
Legislative Branch[edit]
Department of Agriculture[edit]
Department of Commerce[edit]
  • {{PD-USGov-DOC}} – for public domain images from the Department of Commerce.
    • {{PD-USGov-DOC-Census}} – public domain files from the U.S. 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 U.S. patent regulations.
Department of Defense[edit]
Department of Education[edit]
  • {{PD-USGov-ED}} – for public domain images from the Department of Education.
Department of Energy[edit]
  • {{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[edit]
Department of Homeland Security[edit]
  • {{PD-USGov-DHS}} – for public domain images from the Department of Homeland Security.
    • {{PD-USCG}} – for public domain images from the U.S. Coast Guard.
    • {{PD-USGov-FEMA}} – for public domain images from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Department of Housing and Urban Development[edit]
  • {{PD-USGov-HUD}} – for public domain images from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Department of the Interior[edit]
Department of Justice[edit]
Department of Labor[edit]
Department of State[edit]
  • {{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[edit]
  • {{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[edit]
  • {{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[edit]
  • {{PD-USGov-DVA}} – for public domain images from the Department of Veteran Affairs.
Independent agencies[edit]

U.S. Library of Congress public domain collections[edit]

See also: Commons:Library of Congress

US States and Territories[edit]

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 U.S.[3]

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Uruguay

  • {{PD-Uruguay}} – for works in the public domain because their copyright has expired (50 years after the author's death).
  • {{PD-Uruguay-anon}} – for anonymous works published more than 50 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."

Other areas[edit]

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Anguilla

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Aruba

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Bermuda

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Curaçao

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French Guiana

Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#TAG

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Greenland

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Guadeloupe

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Martinique

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Montserrat

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COM:TAG Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#TAG

Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#TAG

Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#TAG

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Sint Maarten

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Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Falkland Islands#TAG

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Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#TAG

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