Commons:Unprotected works/Oceania
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
COM:NOP Australia
Australia
No information available
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]
COM:NOP Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia
No information available
COM:NOP Kiribati
Kiribati
No information available
COM:NOP Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
No information available
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)]
COM:NOP New Zealand
New Zealand
No information available
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.
COM:NOP Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
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)]
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)]
COM:NOP Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
No information available
COM:NOP Tonga
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]
COM:NOP Tuvalu
Tuvalu
No information available
COM:NOP Vanuatu
Vanuatu
No information available
Other areas
COM:NOP American Samoa
American Samoa
No information available
COM:NOP Clipperton Island
Clipperton Island
No information available
COM:NOP Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
No information available
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)]
COM:NOP French Polynesia
French Polynesia
No information available
COM:NOP Guam
Guam
No information available
COM:NOP Hawaii
Hawaii
No information available
COM:NOP New Caledonia
New Caledonia
No information available
COM:NOP Niue
Niue
No information available
COM:NOP Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island
No information available
COM:NOP Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
No information available
COM:NOP Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands
No information available
COM:NOP Tokelau
Tokelau
No information available
COM:NOP Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna
No information available
Partly
COM:NOP British Overseas Territories
British overseas territories
No information available
COM:NOP Overseas France
Overseas France
No information available
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).
COM:NOP French Southern and Antarctic Lands
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
No information available
COM:NOP United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States Minor Outlying Islands
No information available
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