Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory/East Timor

Period from 1999-2002

There is some discussion about clarifying the language in {{Copyright notes}} regarding the period from 1999-2002 over at Template talk:Copyright notes. —RP88 (talk) 00:41, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

New copyright terms

I was able to get the document of the new copyright law from https://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal/public/docs/2022/serie_1/SERIE_I_NO_51_A.pdf

Here are the terms:

The copyright expires, in the absence of a special provision, 50 years after the death of the author, even if the work has only been published or disseminated posthumously and including computer programs. The copyright on work made in collaboration expires 50 years after the death of the collaborator who died last.

The copyright on a collective work or originally attributed to a legal person expires 50 years after the first lawful publication or disclosure, unless the natural persons who created it are identified in the versions of the work made accessible to the public.

The duration of individually assigned copyright to collective work collaborators, in relation to the respective contributions that may be discriminated against, is established in the previous article (119)

The duration of protection for anonymous or lawfully published or disclosed work without identifying the author is 50 years after publication or disclosure. If the use of a name other than the author's own leaves no doubt as to the identity of the author or if he reveals it within the period referred to in the previous number, the duration of protection will be that granted to the work published or disclosed under his own name.

The copyright on an audiovisual work expires 50 years after the death of the last co-author, under the terms of article 25. Bsslover371 (talk) 06:59, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

The new law will be valid from 28 May 2023. JPF (talk) 16:11, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

The general public domain for state works is no longer provided for in the new law. There is a backdoor in Article 26:

"If the photograph is taken in fulfillment of an employment contract or on behalf of the customer, it is presumed that the copyright lies with the employer or the client."

That means, as far as I understand it, the government could still make a change to the images that are made on their behalf. The videos from GMN TV could also continue to be published as public domain on YouTube.

After all, I haven't been able to read any restrictions on the freedom of panorama so far. Architects do have a copyright, but it is only related to the imitation of their buildings, not to photos. Literally it also says (laws may also be further quoted) in Article 129:

"The following uses of the work are permitted without the consent of the author:

o) the use of works, e.g. B. Works of architecture or sculpture intended to be kept permanently in public places." JPF (talk) 16:16, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Most likely, the government is a "legal person" so government works are protected for 50 years after pulication.

This may be irrelevant since Commons has US copyright law, but Article 125 says that Timor-Leste follows the rule of the shorter term.

"Works that have a foreign country as their country of origin and whose author is not Timorese enjoy the duration of protection provided for in the law of the country of origin, if it does not exceed that established in the preceding articles."

Article 126 says:

"A work which is not originally published or disseminated within 50 years of its creation shall also fall into the public domain, where that period is not calculated from the death of the author."

Specifically, the copyright terms (other than those based on the life of the author) are 50 years from publication or 50 years from creation if not shown within 50 years of publication. Bsslover371 (talk) 22:27, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Not protected:

a) The news of the day and the reports of various events with the character of simple information released in any way;

b) Requests, allegations, complaints and other texts presented in writing or orally before authorities or public services;

c) Proposed texts and speeches given before assemblies or other collegial, political and administrative bodies, of national, regional or local scope, or in public debates on matters of common interest;

d) Political speeches;

e) Judicial decisions and legislative and regulatory texts.

Additionally, official texts are not protected by copyright.

However, it says "The full reproduction, in separate, in a collection or in other joint use, of speeches, oratorical pieces and other texts referred to in paragraphs b), c) and d) of paragraph 1 can only be made by the author or with his consent." I think that this has something to do with privacy, since even they are not protected at all, reproducing them may violate privacy rights, if the author does not publish the texts. The wording is vague; are the texts referred to in b, c, or d technically copyrighted due because it is not allowed to reproduce them, or are all of those texts that are lawfully published by the author not protected by copyright? Bsslover371 (talk) 22:45, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Any updates? As of now the page has not been changed to reflect the new terms. HapHaxion _{(talk / contribs)} 15:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@HapHaxion you may want to update the page on your own. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 13:25, 8 April 2024 (UTC)