Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Ukraine
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Copyright rules: Ukraine Shortcut: COM:UKRAINE | |
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| Durations | |
|---|---|
| Standard | Life + 70 years |
| Anonymous | Publish + 70 years |
| Other | |
| Freedom of panorama | No |
| Terms run to year end | Yes |
| Common licence tags | {{PD-Ukraine}} |
| ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 | UKR |
| Treaties | |
| Berne convention | 25 October 1995 |
| WTO member | 16 May 2008 |
| URAA restoration date* | 1 January 1996 |
| WIPO treaty | 6 March 2002 |
| *A work is usually protected in the US if it is a type of work copyrightable in the US, published after 1926 and protected in the country of origin on the URAA date. | |
This page provides an overview of copyright rules of Ukraine relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in Ukraine must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both Ukraine 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 Ukraine, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.
Background
In the past, Ukraine was controlled at different times in whole or part by Kievan Rus', Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Austria. After World War I, Ukraine became a founding member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in December 1922. During the dissolution of the USSR, on 24 August 1991 the Ukrainian parliament adopted the Act of Independence.
Ukraine has been a member of the Berne Convention since 25 October 1995, the WIPO Copyright Treaty since 6 March 2002 and the World Trade Organization since 16 May 2008.[1]
As of 2018 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, listed Law No. 3792-XII of December 23, 1993, on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to April 26, 2017) as the main copyright law enacted by the legislature of Ukraine.[1] WIPO holds the text of this law in their WIPO Lex database.[2]
General rules
Under Law No. 3792-XII of December 23, 1993 as amended up to April 26, 2017),
- Copyright in a work arises from the fact of its creation and takes effect from the date of creation.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(1)]
- Copyright is valid throughout the life of the author and for 70 years after his death, except as provided below.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(2)]
- For works published anonymously or under a pseudonym, copyright expires 70 years after the work was released. If the pseudonym adopted by the author leaves no doubt as to the identity of the author or the author is revealed no later than 70 years after the publication of the work, copyright lasts for the author's life plus 70 years.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(3)]
- Copyright in collaborative works is valid for life and 70 years after the death of the last co-author.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(4)]
- Copyright in works of posthumously rehabilitated authors is valid for 70 years after their rehabilitation.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(6)]
- Copyright in a work first published within 30 years after the author's death is valid for 70 years from the date of its lawful publication.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(7)]
- Persons who first publish an unpublished work after its copyright protection expires enjoy protection for 25 years from the time when the work was first published.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(8)]
- Calculation of the terms of copyright starts from 1 January of the year following the relevant event.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.28(9)]
Copyright protection under the 1993 act applied to all works where the copyright had not expired before the act became effective.[3792-XII/199-2017 Final.4] A Ukrainian or Ukrainian SSR work is in the public domain in Ukraine if it was published before 1 January 1951, and the creator (if known) died before that date. This is the effect of the copyright term extension from 50 to 70 years in 2001.
A Ukrainian or Ukrainian SSR work that is in the public domain in Ukraine according to this rule is in the public domain in the U.S. only if it was in the public domain in Ukraine before 1 January 1996, e.g. if it was published before 1 January 1946 and the creator died before this date, and no copyright was registered in the U.S. This is the combined effect of the retroactive 1993 law, Ukraine's joining the Berne Convention in 1996, and of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.[3]
Not protected
See also: Commons:Unprotected works
Under Law No. 3792-XII of December 23, 1993 (as amended up to April 26, 2017), protection does not extend to:[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.10]
- Daily news or current events that constitute regular press information
- Works of folk art (folklore);
- Official documents issued by government authorities of a political, legislative or administrative nature (laws, decrees, regulations, court decisions and state standards, etc.) and their official translations;
- State symbols of Ukraine, government awards; symbols and signs of government, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations; symbols of territorial communities; symbols and signs of enterprises, institutions and organizations;
- Banknotes;
- Timetables of vehicles, broadcasts, schedules, telephone directories and other similar databases that do not meet the originality criteria;
Copyright tags
See also: Commons:Copyright tags
- {{PD-Ukraine}} is in effect towards works first published before January 1, 1951, and the creator (if known) died before that date). This is the effect of the retroactive Ukrainian copyright law of 1993 and the copyright from 50 to 70 years in 2001.). The final conclusion is #.4 in Chapter VI Ukrainian Copyright Law:
#.4. It shall be established that as from the day on which this Law enters into force, the terms of copyright protection, stipulated in Article 28 of this Law and parts 1 and 2 of Article 44 of this Law, shall apply in all cases where the 50-year period of copyright validity after the author's death or the period of validity of related rights has not expired prior to the date of entry into force of this Law.
A Ukrainian or Soviet work that is in the public domain in Ukraine according to this rule is in the public domain in the U.S. only if it was in the public domain in Ukraine in 1995, e.g. if it was published before 1945 and the creator died before that year, and no copyright was registered in the U.S. This is the combined effect of the retroactive Ukrainian copyright law, Ukraine's joining the Berne Convention in 1995, and of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.[3]
- {{PD-UA-exempt}} for daily news or details of current events that constitute regular press information; works of folk art (folklore); official documents of a political, legislative or administrative nature (laws, decrees, resolutions, court awards, State standards, etc.) issued by government authorities within their powers, and official translations thereof; State symbols of Ukraine, government awards; symbols and signs of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations; symbols of territorial communities; symbols and signs of enterprises, institutions and organizations; bank notes; transport schedules, TV and radio broadcast schedules, telephone directories and other similar databases that do not meet the originality criteria and to which the sui generis right (a particular or special right) is applicable.
- {{PD-Ukraine-stamp}} for postal stamps.
- {{PD-UAGovDoc}} for official documents of a political, legislative or administrative nature (laws, decrees, resolutions, court awards, State standards, etc.) issued by government authorities within their powers, and official translations thereof.
- {{PD-UAGov-Money}} for unit of currencies issued by Ukraine.
- {{PD-UAGov-Award}} for representation of an civil award or decoration of the government of Ukraine.
- {{PD-UAexMilitary}} for works of a Ukrainian military or Ministry of Defense if it is symbol or sign of government authorities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations.
Currency
See also: Commons:Currency
OK Ukrainian currency is not copyrighted. Monetary items, together with other state symbols, are explicitly excluded from copyright by article 10 of Copyright law of Ukraine.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.10(e)]
Please use {{PD-UA-exempt}} for Ukrainian currency images.
Freedom of panorama
See also: Commons:Freedom of panorama
Not OK: {{NoFoP-Ukraine}}
Ukrainian copyright law does not contain a general exception for reproductions of works in public places. Architectural works (plans, models, and actual buildings, as well as a statues and sculptures; are objects of copyright.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.8(1)] The author holds, amongst other rights, the exclusive rights to reproduction, public display, and communication to the public (§15). Architectural and sculptural works are in no way treated differently than other kinds of works in Ukrainian law.
It is claimed, though, that article 21(4) of the Ukrainian law on copyright and related rights implied some kind of "freedom of panorama":
- ...it shall be permitted without the consent of the author (or other copyright holder) and with mandatory indication of the author's name and of the source of borrowing: ... to reproduce, in order to highlight current events by means of photography or cinematography, to carry out public notification or other public communication of the works seen or heard in the course of such events to the extent justified by the informational purpose.[3792-XII/199-2017 Art.21(4)]
This, however, is limited to "informational purposes" and to "current events". It is not general freedom of panorama but a "fair use"-like provision for news reporting.
Indeed, four separate court rulings during 2007–09 affirmed the lack of commercial freedom of panorama in Ukraine, all involving exploitations of Vasyl' Borodai's (1917–2010) 1982 sculpture Monument to the Founders of Kyiv by four different entities during late 1990s and early 2000s. According to Shtefan (2019), "all these cases went to trial and in each case the courts came to the conclusion that the author's rights were not respected." (article, page 23)
Copyright protection expires 70 years after the death of the original author (who is defined as the creator or designer) here. On January 1st of the following year (ie. January 1 of the 71st year), freely licensed images of the author's 3D works such as sculptures, buildings, bridges or monuments are now free and can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. The lack of Freedom of Panorama is no longer relevant here in Ukraine since the author's works are now in the public domain.
However, there's also a consensus that utilitarian buildings such as the New Safe Confinement (cf. a 2021 deletion request) are not considered copyrightable.
Stamps
See also: Commons:Stamps
use {{PD-UA-exempt}}.
According to the Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine on Copyright and Related rights, all Ukrainian stamps are in the public domain. They are defined as "state signs" in the Law of Ukraine On Postal Service (4 October 2001) :
- Postage stamp means a state sign manufactured according to the procedure set forth by legislation, with specified face value and state, serving as the tool of payment for postal services provided by the national operator.[4]
See also
- Україна
- Category:License tags of Ukraine
- Category:Stamps of Ukraine
- Category:Ukrainian FOP cases
- Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Soviet Union
Citations
- ↑ a b Ukraine Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights). WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization (2018). Retrieved on 2018-11-03.
- ↑ Law No. 3792-XII of December 23, 1993, on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to April 26, 2017). Ukraine (2017). Retrieved on 2018-11-03.
- ↑ a b 17 USC 104a Copyright in restored works. United States Copyright Office. Retrieved on 2019-03-23.
- ↑ Закон України. Про поштовий зв'язок (Law of Ukraine. About the postal service ). Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VVR) 39 (2002). Retrieved on 2019-03-23. "поштова марка - державний знак, виготовлений у встановленому законодавством порядку із зазначенням його номінальної вартості та держави, який є засобом оплати послуг поштового зв'язку, що надаються національним оператором."