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– to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix
– to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution
– You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike
– If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the
same or compatible license
as the original.
This work is in the
public domain
in France for one of the following reasons:
Its author (or the last of its authors in the case of a collaboration work) died more than 70 years ago (
CPI art. L123-1
) and did not benefit from any copyright extension (CPI art.
L123-8
,
L123-9
and
L123-10
)
[1]
;
It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work (the identity of the author has never been disclosed) or a collective work
[2]
and more than 70 years have passed since its publication (
CPI art. L123-3
);
It is the recording of an audiovisual or musical work already in the public domain, and more than 50 years have passed since the performance or the recording (
CPI art. L211-4
).
Please note that
moral rights
still apply when the work is in the public domain. They encompass, among others, the right to the respect of the author's name, quality and work (
CPI art. L121-1
). Attribution therefore remains mandatory.
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Copyright extensions must be considered only in the case of musical works and of authors
Mort pour la France
(died during conflict, in the service of France). In other cases, they are included in the 70 years
post mortem auctoris
length (see
this statement
of the
Cour de Cassation
).
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The collective work status is quite restrictive, please make sure that it is actually established.
It is a cinematographic work, photographic work, dramatic work, work of applied art or anonymous work first published more than 50 years prior to January 1, 2010.
It is another type of work, and the creator died more than 50 years ago.
To uploader:
Please provide where the image was first published and who created it.
You must also include a
United States public domain tag
to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the
rule of the shorter term
and have copyright terms longer than life of the author plus 50 years. In particular, Mexico is 100 years, Jamaica is 95 years, Colombia is 80 years, Guatemala and Samoa are 75 years, Switzerland and the United States are 70 years, and Venezuela is 60 years.
