Commons:Government works/Oceania

Government works
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This page gives overviews of rules for government works in different countries or territories of Oceania. These are works made by or for a national or sub-national government, or works whose copyright is held by a national or sub-national government. The rules are "transcluded" from individual page sections giving the rules for each territory.

Countries of Oceania[edit]

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COM:GVT Australia

Australia

Under the Copyright Act 1968 (consolidated as of 22 December 2017):

The Commonwealth or a State is the owner of the copyright in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made by, or under the direction or control of, the Commonwealth or the State, as the case may be.^{[1968–2017 Sec.176(2)]}
Copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work of which the Commonwealth or a State is the owner ... (a) where the work is unpublished—continues to subsist so long as the work remains unpublished; and (b) where the work is published—subsists, or, if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication, continues to subsist, until the expiration of 50 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the work was first published.^{[1968–2017 Sec.180(1)]}

Copyright tags[edit]

{{PD-Australia}} – for Australian photographs published 70 years after the death of the creator, or photographs taken prior to 1955
{{PD-Australia-currency}} – for coins designed before 1 May 1969
{{PD-AustraliaGov}} – for government works whose copyright has expired.
{{DFAT}} - for works from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Currency[edit]

Not OK for coins or banknotes designed on or after 1 May 1969.
OK for coins or banknotes designed before 1 May 1969, but under the following conditions: Derivative works of images of banknotes are expressly forbidden. Low resolution images of banknotes are allowed for editorial or educational purposes, as long as only one side of a bank note is featured. See website for details of exact size requirements for images.

Designs from prior to 1 May 1969 are in the public domain, and should use the tag {{PD-Australia-currency}}.

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COM:GVT Fiji

Under the former Copyright Act 1956 of England,

For literary, dramatic or musical works made by or under the direction or control of Her Majesty or a Government department, copyright (a) where the work is unpublished, subsists so long as the work remains unpublished, and (b) where the work is published, subsists for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published.^{[1956 Sec.39(3)]}
Copyright in an artistic work to which Her Majesty is entitled subsists for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.^{[1956 Sec.39(4)]}

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COM:GVT Marshall Islands

Where a work is made by a person employed or engaged by the Crown ... the Crown is the first owner of any copyright in the work.^{[1994-2018 Sec.26(1)]}
Crown copyright shall expire ... at the end of the period of 100 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work is made.^{[1994-2018 Sec.26(3b)]}
Some government publications are not subject to copyright, including bills, acts, regulations, court judgments, royal commission and select committee reports, etc.^{[1994-2018 Sec.27]}

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COM:GVT Palau

For literary, dramatic or musical works made by or under the direction or control of Her Majesty or a Government department, copyright (a) where the work is unpublished, subsists so long as the work remains unpublished, and (b) where the work is published, subsists for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published.^{[1956 Sec.39(3)]}
Copyright in an artistic work to which Her Majesty is entitled subsists for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.^{[1956 Sec.39(4)]}

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COM:GVT Vanuatu

Vanuatu

No information available

Other areas[edit]

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COM:GVT American Samoa

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COM:GVT British Overseas Territories

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