Commons:Unprotected works/Oceania

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This page gives overviews of rules for unprotected works in different countries or territories of Oceania. These are works that by their nature do not qualify for copyright protection. The rules are "transcluded" from individual page sections giving the rules for each territory.

Countries of Oceania

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COM:NOP Australia

Australia

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COM:NOP Fiji

Fiji

Under the Copyright Act, 1999, no copyright exists in any of the following works:

(a) any Bill introduced into the House of Representatives; (b) any Act as defined in the Interpretation Act (Cap 7); (c) any subsidiary legislation as defined in the Interpretation Act (Cap 7); (d) the debates of the Parliament of the Fiji Islands; (e) a report of a Royal Commission, Commission of Inquiry, ministerial inquiry or statutory inquiry; (f) a judgment of any court or tribunal.[1999 Section 27(1] This applies to works made before or after this Act comes into force.[1999 Section 27(2]

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COM:NOP Kiribati

Kiribati

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COM:NOP Nauru

Nauru

  • Any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, mere data, discovery or date expressed, described, explained, illustrated or otherwise embodied in the work.[2019 Sec.19(a)]
  • Any official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, as well as any official translation thereof.[2019 Sec.19(b)]
  • News of the day or miscellaneous facts having the character of mere items of press information.[2019 Sec.19(c)]
  • Political speeches and speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings.[2019 Sec.19(d)]
  • Judgments of a court of law or tribunal.[2019 Sec.19(e)]

==Government works==Under the Copyright Act 2019,

  • Copyright in a typographical arrangement of a published edition subsists for 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.[2019 Sec.15(3)(a)]
  • Copyright in any other work subsists for 100 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.[2019 Sec.15(3)(b)]
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COM:NOP New Zealand

New Zealand

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COM:NOP Palau

Palau

According to the Republic of Palau Copyright Act of 2003, in no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to the following:[2003 Sec.3(b)]

  • any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work;
  • official public legislative, administrative or legal texts, or any official translations thereof, and
  • speeches, lectures, addresses, and other oral works given by a government official in his or her official capacity.

According to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000, there is no protection for

  • any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery or mere date, whether expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work;[2000 Sec.5(a)]
  • any official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature or any official translation thereof.[2000 Sec.5(b)]
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COM:NOP Samoa

Samoa

According to the Copyright Act 1998 (as consolidated in 2011), no protection shall extend to,

  • any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery or mere data, even if expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work.[1998–2011 Sec.5(a)]
  • any official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, as well as any official translation thereof.[1998–2011 Sec.5(b)]

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Tonga

Copyright protection does not apply to any official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or any official translation thereof.[2002 Sec.5]

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Tuvalu

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COM:NOP Vanuatu

Vanuatu

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Other areas

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COM:NOP Cook Islands

Cook Islands

  • The definition of "work" does not include any work that is an official text, or a translation, of a legislative, administrative, or legal nature.[8/2013 Sec.3(work)]
  • Copyright does not exist in any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, discovery, or data expressed, described, explained, illustrated, or otherwise embodied in a work.[8/2013 Sec.7(4)]

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COM:NOP Guam

Guam

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COM:NOP Hawaii

Hawaii

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New Caledonia

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COM:NOP Niue

Niue

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COM:NOP Tokelau

Tokelau

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COM:NOP Indonesia

Indonesia

2014 Copyright Law is based on Dutch law and retains the same distinction between works with "no copyright" and works that may be used "without infringement of Copyright".

According to Article 42, the following works have no copyright: result of open meetings of State institutions; laws and regulations; State speeches or speeches of government officials; court decisions or judge provisions; scriptures or religious symbols. These works are in the public domain and should be tagged with {{PD-IDNoCopyright}}.

According to Article 43, Acts that are not considered as Copyright infringements include:

  • Publication, Distribution, Communication, and/or Reproduction of State emblems and national anthem in accordance with their original nature; [28/2014 Article 43(a)]
  • Any Publication, Distribution, Communication, and/or Reproduction executed by or on behalf of the government, unless stated to be protected by laws and regulations, a statement to such Works, or when Publication, Distribution, Communication, and/or Reproduction to such Works are made. [28/2014 Article 43(b)]
  • Taking of actual news, either in whole or in part from a news agency, Broadcasting Organization, and newspaper or other similar sources provided that the source is fully cited; [28/2014 Article 43(c)]
  • Production and distribution of the Copyrighted content through information technology and communication media that are not commercial and/or lucrative for the Author or related parties, or the Author expresses no objection to the manufacture and dissemination in question. [28/2014 Article 43(d)]
  • Reproduction, Publication, and/or Distribution of Portraits of the President, Vice President, former Presidents, former Vice Presidents, National Heroes, heads of State institutions, heads of ministries/non-ministerial government agencies, and/or the heads of regions by taking into account the dignity and appropriateness in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations. [28/2014 Article 43(e)]

These works may be uploaded to Commons and tagged with {{PD-IDGov}}. 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).

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