File talk:World copyright-terms.jpg

This image could be improved by:

1. Removing the years, so that it won't have to be updated every 12 months. (e.g. It'll be obsolete in 8 days.)
2. Recreating it in SVG format (or at least a lossless bitmap format such as PNG), so that it could be edited (such as for other languages) and/or resized without the image degrading so much.

-JasonAQuest (talk) 23:06, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Also note that increments of the number of years haven't always been retroactive. For example, Mexico's change from 50 years p.m.a. to 75 years p.m.a. was retroactive, but the change from 75 years p.m.a. to 100 years p.m.a. wasn't retroactive, so anything created by someone who died at least 75 years 2003 would still be free. --Stefan4 (talk) 17:56, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

United States

The situation in the United States isn't entirely correct. While it is correct that few published works will enter the public domain before 2019, certain unpublished works enter the public domain every year (see here). Furthermore, newly produced works for the US government, or works related to certain countries without copyright treaties, enter the public domain all of the time, as do any works deliberately released to the public domain by the copyright holder. --Stefan4 (talk) 12:50, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

See also File talk:World copyright terms.svg#United states. --Dereckson (talk) 15:35, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Spain

Spain is life+80 years for people who died before 7 December 1987, isn't it? It basically makes Spain a life+80 years country for a few more decades. See Commons:Licensing#Spain. --Stefan4 (talk) 12:53, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Legislation in Spain

Real Decreto Legislativo 1/1996, de 12 de abril, por el que se aprueba el Texto Refundido de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, regularizando, aclarando y armonizando las disposiciones legales vigentes sobre la materia: Disposición transitoria cuarta. Autores fallecidos antes del 7 de diciembre de 1987: Los derechos de explotación de las obras creadas por autores fallecidos antes del 7 de diciembre de 1987 tendrán la duración prevista en la Ley de 10 de enero de 1879 sobre Propiedad Intelectual. Ley de 10 de enero de 1879, de la propiedad intelectual: Art. 6º. La propiedad in­telectual corresponde á los autores durante su vida, y se transmite á sus herederos tes­tamentarios ó legatarios por el término de ochenta años. ...

--. HombreDHojalata.^talk 21:18, 13 March 2016 (UTC)