First published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities and used in Cuba before February 20, 1972
Anonymous works (not photographs)
Used more than 50 years ago
First published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities and used in Cuba before February 20, 1947
Corporate and government works
Never (perpetual copyright)
Published before 1929 (95 years ago)
All other works
More than 50 years has passed since the 1st of January following the death of the author
a) Published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities, author died before 1947 or b) Published before 1929 (95 years ago)
Note 1: For a file to be hosted on Wikimedia Commons, it must be in the public domain in both Cuba and the United States.
¹ For a work to be public domain in the United States, its copyright must have expired in Cuba before Cuba joined the Berne Convention on February 20, 1997.
Note 2: Notwithstanding the conditions set above, the state of Cuba may decide to transfer to the state the copyright on works when the copyright term for the creator of it has expired, as set by the 48º article of Cuban Copyright law. Such works would not be free of copyright, and may be deleted at any time.
Avvertenza legale Questa immagine contiene simboli che si rifanno all'ideologia socialista o comunista, oppure di strutture governative, partiti o organizzazioni che si rifanno a dette ideologie. Tali simboli comprendono, fra gli altri, la falce e il martello, gli emblemi, gli stemmi, le bandiere e le immagini dei leader associabili a dette ideologie.
L'uso di tali simboli è perseguibile a termini di legge nei seguenti Paesi:
Nota bene: il divieto non è più in vigore nei seguenti Paesi:
Moldova (la LPC 192/2012 è stata dichiarata incostituzionale dalla Corte costituzionale)
Polonia (l'articolo 256 del Dz.U. 1997 n. 88, § 553 del Codice penale polacco è stato parzialmente abrogato dalla Corte costituzionale e ora punisce solo la promozione delle idee comuniste)
Ungheria (l'articolo 269/B.§ del 1993 del Codice penale ungherese è stato dichiarato incostituzionale nel 2013 dalla Corte costituzionale)
This file is in the public domain. The photo was used for the first time internationally in 1967. It is in the public domain by Decree Law no. 156, September 28, 1994, to amend part of Law no. 14 December 28, 1977, Copyright Act (Article 47) which states that the pictures fall into the public domain Worldwide, 25 years after its first use.
Cuba did not sign the Berne Convention until 1997, and this photo was taken and publicized 30 years before that and thus is in the public domain.
This includes being in the Public Domain in the United States - Since the image was first published in Cuba without compliance of US copyright formalities and used in Cuba before February 20, 1972.
Of importance yes it is true that Alberto Korda sued that vodka maker Smirnoff based on his "moral rights" (under the belief that Che Guevara wouldn't support alcohol) that are independent of copyright status, while also attempting to obtain copyright ownership of the photograph. Although moral rights are not recognized in the U.S. - they are recognized through most of the World and part of international copyright law. Moral rights are included in Berne Convention, so if the photographer is still alive, he still can sue, even if the picture is public domain. However, the moral rights are not transferable, and when Korda died 2001, no one can control the use of the picture anymore under that premise. As to his desire to show he was the rightful owner of the Copyright for the image, that was never decided upon in court as the Case of (Korda v. Lintas & Rex) was settled "sensibly and amicably" out of court.
As Ariana Hernández-Reguant contends in (Copyrighting Che: Art and Authorship under Cuban Late Socialism Public Culture 2004 v. 16 pp. 1-30.) ~ "There was never any official ruling on whether the depiction constituted a violation of copyright." (pg 4). The author goes on to state that: ~ "Korda took the picture while working for a state-run newspaper, his actual property rights would be questionable under both Cuban and international law." (pg 4)
Of note as well before the photographer of the photo died, in reference to the image becoming a ubiquitous worldwide symbol, he also stated “As a supporter of the ideals for which Che Guevara died, I am not averse to its reproduction by those who wish to propagate his memory” — Korda [1]
All quotations come verbatim from ~ A Copyright Revolution: Protecting the Famous Photograph of Che Guevara, by Sarah Levy, 13 Law and Business Review of the Americas, Am. 687. Summer of 2007.
LEGALLY
"The Berne Convention, which 160 countries have signed, states in article 7(4) that "it shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the Union to determine the term of protection of photographic works."
"The Universal Copyright Convention does not require protection for photographs."
"In 1994, the World Trade Organization (WTO) implemented the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS), which allows the 150 WTO member countries to exclude photographs from the realm of protection provided for intellectual property."
IN CUBA
"The first jurisdiction of relevance is Cuban law because Cuba is both the location where the photograph originated and the domicile of the photographer."
"General copyright protection under Cuban law lasts for photographs retain copyright protection for only ten years from the date the work is first used. After the copyright expires, the Council of Ministers can declare the work as property of the State."
"It seems that in Cuba the copyright protection in Korda's Guevara photograph would have already expired, and despite the claims of ownership from Korda's heirs, the State would now hold any rights associated with the photograph."
IN THE U.S.
"A U.S. district court recently noted that "there is no uniform test to determine the copyright ability of photographs."
"Under both the 1909 U.S. Copyright Act and the current act, in the absence of a will, courts determine the proper disposition of a copyright interest in accordance with the intestate succession law of the decedent's domicile. This holds true even if the decedent's domicile is in a foreign country. Korda was domiciled in Havana, Cuba."
IN THE FUTURE
"Furthermore, the question of ownership is a significant factor in determining not only the transferability of the copyright protection but also the duration of that protection within different jurisdictions. A comparison of the relevant laws of Cuba, the United States, and treaties adhered to by the international community shows a variety of possible results when looking at the protection afforded to the Korda photograph."
"It remains to be seen what the result would be in the United States."
"The outcome of future litigation hinges upon the duration of protection available within a jurisdiction."
Hence = The image is not protected in the United States as a copyrighted image at this time.
Questa immagine è stata valutata secondo i criteri per le immagini di valore ed è considerata l'immagine di maggior valore su Commons per l'argomento: Che Guevara by Alberto Korda (1960). Puoi vedere la sua valutazione qui.
This image is in the public domain ', because Copyright Act of Cuba. It was taken on March 5, 1960 by Alberto Korda. It is in the public domain by Decree Law no. 156, September 28, 1994, to amend part of Law no. 14 December 28, 1977, Copyright Act (Articl
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