Template:PD-ETHGOV

This work is in the public domain in Ethiopia because it is exempted from copyright by virtue of being a work done by a member or employee of the Ethiopian Federal Government or its ministries and sub divisionary agencies. Photos, videos, and other works prepared by the Government of Ethiopia due to being of administrative nature and policy concerning the public, it is in the public domain due to its nature of being "method of operation" and "forms of general use" even when "described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work" under Proclamation No. 410/2004 on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Protection Part 1 Section 5 Other legal work done by the Ethiopian Government or its child agencies and the Ministeries responsible of are also in the public domain such as documents: In addition under § 313.6(C)(2) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices. Such works, known as "edicts of government" make works of the Government of Ethiopia under the Public domain Important note: Other template licenses exist for specific ministries and federal agencies, and these laws do not necessarily apply to regional states bodies of Ethiopia unless explicitly stated or of legal nature hence

Per U.S. Circ. 38a, the following countries are not participants in the Berne Convention or Universal Copyright Convention and there is no presidential proclamation restoring U.S. copyright protection to works of these countries on the basis of reciprocal treatment of the works of U.S. nationals or domiciliaries: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Marshall Islands, Palau, Somalia, Somaliland, and South Sudan. As such, works published by citizens of these countries in these countries are usually not subject to copyright protection outside of these countries. Hence, such works may be in the public domain in most other countries worldwide. However: Works published in these countries by citizens or permanent residents of other countries that are signatories to the Berne Convention or any other treaty on copyright will still be protected in their home country and internationally as well as locally by local copyright law (if it exists). Similarly, works published outside of these countries within 30 days of publication within these countries will also usually be subject to protection in the foreign country of publication. When works are subject to copyright outside of these countries, the term of such copyright protection may exceed the term of copyright inside them. Unpublished works from these countries may be fully copyrighted. A work from one of these countries may become copyrighted in the United States under the URAA if the work's home country enters a copyright treaty or agreement with the United States and the work is still under copyright in its home country. Ethiopia has enacted a copyright law as published in the Official Gazette (unofficial English (WIPO) translation) which came into force on 19 July 2004.

This template will categorize into Category:PD-Ethiopia.