Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Consolidated list The Guianas

This page links to overviews of copyright rules in different countries or territories of the Guianas, which consist of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The overviews are "transcluded" from individual pages giving the rules for each country or territory. The list may be used for comparison or maintenance.

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French Guiana

Other region, e.g. dependency, union, former country

Location of French Guiana

French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France, and an outermost region of the European Union territories, on the north Atlantic coast of South America. The same laws apply as in the rest of France.

Copyright tags

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

Currency

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

Freedom of panorama

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

Stamps

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

See also

• French Guiana
• Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France

Citations

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Guyana

Copyright rules: Guyana Shortcut: COM:GUYANA
Durations
Standard	Life + 50 years
Photograph	Publish + 50 years
Audiovisual	Publish + 50 years
Posthumous	Publish + 50 years
Other
Freedom of panorama	For buildings, sculpture and applied art
Terms run to year end	Yes
Common licence tags	{{PD-Guyana}}
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3	GUY
Treaties
Berne convention	25 October 1994
WTO member	1 January 1995

This page provides an overview of copyright rules of Guyana relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in Guyana must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both Guyana 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 Guyana, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.

Background

Guyana was colonized by the Dutch, then came under British control in the late 18th century. It was governed as British Guiana until it gained independence as Guyana on 26 May 1966.

Guyana has been a member of the Berne Convention since 25 October 1994 and the World Trade Organization since 1 January 1995.

As of 2018 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, listed the British Copyright Act 1956 (Cap. 74) as the main IP law enacted by the legislature. WIPO holds the text of this act in their WIPO Lex database. WIPO also lists the The Copyright (British Guiana) Order 1966 (Order No. 79 of 1966) (1966), which extends and modifies the 1956 act. WIPO holds the text of this order in their WIPO Lex database. The changes in the 1966 order generally do not affect definitions of protected works or durations of protection.

General rules

Under the Copyright Act 1956, as modified by the order of 1966,

• Copyright in an original literary, dramatic or musical 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.^{[74/1956 Section 2(3)]}
• However, if before the death of the author none of the following acts had been done, (a) the publication of the work (b) the performance of the work in public (c) the offer for sale to the public of records of the work and (d) the broadcasting of the work, the copyright shall continue to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year which includes the earliest occasion on which one of those acts is done.^{[74/1956 Section 2(3)]}
• Artistic works include paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and photographs; works of architecture, being either buildings or models for buildings; and works of artistic craftsmanship.^{[74/1956 Section 3(1)]}
  • Copyright in artistic works generally subsists until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author died.^{[74/1956 Section 3(4)]}
  • Copyright in an engraving that was not published before the death of the author subsists until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was first published.^{[74/1956 Section 3(4a)]}
  • Copyright in a photograph continues 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.^{[74/1956 Section 3(4b)]}
• Copyright shall subsist in a sound recording until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the recording is first published, and shall then expire.^{[74/1956 Section 12(3)]}
• Copyright in a cinematograph film shall continue to subsist until the film is published and thereafter until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year which includes the date of its first publication.^{[79/1966 Section 13(3)]}

Freedom of panorama

OK for buildings, sculpture and applied art, not for paintings, drawings, engravings or photographs.

• The copyright of a sculpture or work of artistic craftsmanship other than a painting, drawing, engraving or photograph which is permanently situated in a public place, or in premises open to the public, is not infringed by the making of a painting, drawing, engraving or photograph of the work, or the inclusion of the work in a cinematograph film or in a television broadcast.^{[74/1956 Section 9(3)]}
• The copyright in a work of architecture is not infringed by the making of a painting, drawing, engraving or photograph of the work, or the inclusion of the work in a cinematograph film or in a television broadcast.^{[74/1956 Section 9(4)]}
• Without prejudice to the two last preceding subsections, the copyright in an artistic work is not infringed by the inclusion of the work in a cinematograph film or in a television broadcast, if its inclusion therein is only by way of background or is otherwise only incidental to the principal matters represented in the film or broadcast.^{[74/1956 Section 9(5)]}

Citations

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Suriname

Copyright rules: Suriname Shortcut: COM:SURINAME
Durations
Standard	Life + 50 years
Anonymous	Publish + 50 years
Posthumous	Publish + 50 years
Other
Freedom of panorama	Yes
Terms run to year end	Yes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3	SUR
Treaties
Berne convention	23 February 1977
WTO member	1 January 1995
URAA restoration date‌*	1 January 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 Suriname relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in Suriname must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both Suriname 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 Suriname, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.

Background

Suriname come under Dutch rule in the late 17th century. In 1954 Suriname became one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. On 25 November 1975, the country of Suriname became an independent state.

Suriname has been a member of the Berne Convention since 23 February 1977 and the World Trade Organization since 1 January 1995.

As of 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, listed the Law of March 22, 1913, laying down New Rules on Copyright (as amended up to Decree S.B No. 23 of 1981) as the main copyright law enacted by the legislature of Suriname. WIPO holds the text of this law in their WIPO Lex database. The law replaced Royal Decree of 11 May 1883 No. 39 (GB No. 11), but Article 11 of that decree remained in force for works and translations published before the 1913 law entered into force.^{[23/1981 Article 44]}

The law was amended once more by act of 17 April 2015. The consolidated copyright act is available on the Dutch Wikisource.

General rules

Under the Law of 1913, as amended up to the act of 17 April 2015,

• Copyright expires after 50 years, starting from 1 January of the year following the year of death of the author, except as provided in the following articles.^{[23/1981 Article 38]}
• The duration of a joint copyright in a work, where two or more persons are joint creators, is calculated from 1 January of the year following the year of death of the last survivor.^{[23/1981 Article 38]}
• Copyright in anonymous works expires after 50 years, starting from 1 January of the year following that in which the first publication of the work has been carried out by or on behalf of the owner.^{[23/1981 Article 39]}
• The same applies to works in which a legal entity such as a public institution or company is the author, and to works that are first made public after the death of the author.^{[23/1981 Article 39]}

Not protected

There is no copyright in general regulations as referred to in Article 2 of the Surinamese Constitution, issued by public power, nor in judgments and administrative decisions.^{[23/1981 Article 11]}

Freedom of panorama

OK for works under 6° of Article 10.  Not OK for others like maps, photographs, or designs related to sciences like architecture or geography. Under the Law of 1913, as amended up to the act of 17 April 2015,

• There is no infringement of copyright in reproduction of a work, as referred to in Article 10, 6°, that is permanently displayed or visible from a public road if the reproduction by its size or by the method in which it is made is clearly different from the original work. With buildings, this is limited to the exterior.^{[23/1981 Article 18]}

Works listed under 6° of Article 10: drawings, paintings, architecture, sculptures, lithographs, engravings, and other sheet metal works.

Citations

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