Commons:Urheberrechtsregeln nach Gebiet/Somaliland
Urheberrechtsregeln: Somaliland Kürzel: COM:SOMALILAND | |
Schutzfrist | |
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Standard | 30 Jahre p. m. a. |
Andere | |
Gemeinsame Lizenzvorlagen | {{PD-Somaliland}} |
Abkommen | |
URAA-Wiederherstellungsdatum* | nicht bekannt |
*Ein Werk ist in der Regel in den USA geschützt, wenn es sich um eine Art von Werk handelt, das in den USA urheberrechtsfähig ist, nach 31 December 1928 veröffentlicht wurde und im Ursprungsland am URAA-Datum geschützt ist. | |
Somaliland ist ein selbsterklärter souveräner Staat am Horn von Afrika, der international als Teil Somalias angesehen wird.
Background
In the late 19th century the British empire established the colonies of British Somaliland. Italian occupation lasted until 1941, when a British military administration took over. In 1949 Italian Somaliland became a United Nations Trusteeship under Italian administration. The two regions united on 1 July 1960 to form the independent Somali Republic. On 18 May 1991 the former British Somaliland unilaterally declared independence from Somalia.
Copyright in British Somaliland was covered by the 1911 Copyright Act, which was superseded by the Copyright Act 1956. Italian laws covered Italian Somaliland. These two sets of laws remained in force in the respective regions until the Somali Democratic Republic passed the first Copyright Law, Law No. 66 of 7 September 1977, which repealed the contrary provisions of the 1956 act.[1] The 1977 law does not appear to have been widely used or enforced, and it is unclear whether it is relevant to the breakaway state of Somaliland.[1]
Somaliland and Somalia are not signatory to the Berne Convention or any treaty with the United States, so works from Somaliland may be freely used in the United States. To qualify for Wikimedia Commons they must also be free of copyright in Somaliland. Given the uncertain status, under the precautionary principle they must be free of copyright under the law of Somalia and the law of Somaliland.
General rules
According to the 1977 Copyright Law - Law No. 66 of 7 September 1977, Somali law includes copyright protection only for registered works. However, there is no longer anywhere to register copyrights. There are records of a copyright office existing prior to being destroyed in the civil war in 1991. Durations were:
- The copyright of (registered) literary and artistic and scientific works shall be protected during the life of the author and for a further period of 30 years after his death.[6/1977 (Art.24)]
- In the case of joint works, the copyright shall be protected up to 30 years after the death of the last surviving author.[6/1977 (Art.24.2)]
- Works whose authors are not known or were published anonymously or under pseudonyms shall enjoy protection from the date when the unknown name or the real name of the author is found in the Copyright Register.[6/1977 (Art.25)]
- Works undertaken after the death of an author shall enjoy protection from the date of their publication.
Treaty status
Per U.S. Circ. 38a, the following countries are not participants in the Berne Convention or Welturheberrechtsabkommen and there is no presidential proclamation restoring U.S. copyright protection to works of these countries on the basis of reciprocal treatment of the works of U.S. nationals or domiciliaries:
As such, works published by citizens of these countries in these countries are usually not subject to copyright protection outside of these countries. Hence, such works may be in the public domain in most other countries worldwide. However:
Somaliland has no effective copyright protection, active copyright protection, or international copyright treaties. According to the 1977 Copyright Law - Law No. 66 of 7 September 1977, the law of internationally recognized Somalia includes copyright protection for registered works. However, there is no longer anywhere in Somaliland to register copyrights. There are records of a copyright office existing prior to being destroyed in the civil war in 1991. |
Lizenzvorlagen
Siehe auch: Commons:Lizenzvorlagen
Panoramafreiheit
Siehe auch: Commons:Panoramafreiheit
- De facto: Unsure. See also: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Somalia#Freedom of panorama.
Siehe auch
Zitate
- ↑ a b Somaliland Copyright Law. Somaliland Law.com (2018). Retrieved on 2018-12-09.
- ↑ Somali Democratic Republic Copyright Law 1977: Law No. 66 of 7/9/1977 (in Somali). Retrieved on 2020-12-21.