Commons:Stamps/Oceania
This page gives overviews of copyright rules for stamps in different countries or territories of Oceania. It is "transcluded" from individual page sections giving the rules for each country or territory.
Countries of Oceania[edit]
COM:Australia
Australia
Australia Post claims copyright ownership of Australian stamps for 50 years from publication (http://www.caslon.com.au/ipguide24.htm). Stamps published before 1 January 1974 can be tagged with {{PD-Australia}}.
Threshold of originality[edit]
Not OK for most logos. The level of originality required for copyright protection in Australia is very low. Images showing the en:Australian Aboriginal Flag were consistently deleted from Commons as an Australian court has ruled that the flag is copyrighted.[1] See the discussions in Category:Australian Aboriginal flag related deletion requests.
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The Australian Aboriginal Flag is allowed on Commons only because the Australian government has purchased the copyright from the original author, retroactively applying laws that place it in public domain in its country of origin
See also: Category:Stamps of Australia
No information available
COM:Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia
No information available
COM:Kiribati
Kiribati
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Kiribati
COM:Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
No information available
No information available
COM:New Zealand
New Zealand
In New Zealand, the Crown Copyright is defined by Sections 2(1), 26 et 27 of the 1994 Copyright Act. It lasts 100 years, with exceptions. It protects the work created by a person employed or engaged by the Crown, Ministers of the Crown, offices of Parliament and government departments. See Wikipedia:Crown copyright.
According to this law, images of New Zealand stamps are in the public domain :
- 50 years after issue for stamps issued before 31 December 1944 (Template:PD-NZ-50-years on the Wikipedia in English). Use {{PD-NZ-50-years}}. All stamps from 1944 and before are thus in the Public Domain.
- 100 years after issue for stamps issued between 1 January 1945 and the 31 March 1987 by the New Zealand Post Office as a Department of the Government. No stamps from 1945 onward will therefore become public domain before 1 January 2045.
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Palau
COM:Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Papua New Guinea
No information available
COM:Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
No information available
The copyright situation is unclear.
The Post Office Act (1933, 1977) does not mention copyright.[2]The Copyright Acts 2002 states that,
- For a collective work other than a work of applied art ... the economic and moral rights are protected for fifty years from the date on which the work was either made, first made available to the public, or first published, whichever date is the latest.[2002 Sec.18]
- A "work of applied art" is an artistic creation with utilitarian functions or incorporated in a useful article, whether made by hand or produced on an industrial scale.[2002 Sec.2] The economic and moral rights are protected for twenty five years the making of the work.[2002 Sec.18]
Thus, any stamp published more than 50 years ago should be in the public domain.
See also: Category:Stamps of Tonga
COM:Tuvalu
Tuvalu
No information available
COM:Vanuatu
Vanuatu
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Vanuatu
Other areas[edit]
COM:American Samoa
American Samoa
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#Stamps
COM:Clipperton Island
Clipperton Island
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
See also: Category:Stamps of Clipperton Island
COM:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Australia#Stamps
COM:Cook Islands
Cook Islands
No information available
COM:French Polynesia
French Polynesia
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
See also: Category:Stamps of French Polynesia
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#Stamps
COM:Hawaii
Hawaii
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#Stamps
See also: Category:Stamps of Hawaii
COM:New Caledonia
New Caledonia
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
No information available
See also: Category:Stamps of Niue
COM:Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Australia#Stamps
See also: Category:Stamps of Norfolk Island
COM:Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#Stamps
COM:Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United Kingdom#Stamps
COM:Tokelau
Tokelau
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/New Zealand#Stamps
COM:Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
Partly[edit]
COM:British Overseas Territories
British overseas territories
No information available
COM:Overseas France
Overseas France
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
COM:Indonesia
Indonesia
under Article 43(b) of the 2014 Copyright Law.
Please use {{PD-IDGov}} for images of Indonesian postal stamps. However, please note that it has not been determined if modifications or derivatives can be made to works enumerated in Article 43 (Please read the Commons discussion on the issue here).
See also: Category:Stamps of Indonesia
COM:French Southern and Antarctic Lands
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France#Stamps
COM:United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Further information: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#Stamps
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