Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Wang Jingwei regime

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This page provides an overview of copyright rules of the Wang Jingwei regime relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in the Wang Jingwei regime must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both China and the United States before it can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. If there is any doubt about the copyright status of a work from the Wang Jingwei regime, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.

Background

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The Wang Jingwei regime was founded in 1940 after Japanese troops occupied east China. It was dissolved in 1945. China has always claimed east China and has never recognized the Wang Jingwei regime.

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See also: Commons:Copyright tags


  • {{PD-Wang Jingwei regime}} – for collective and anonymous works from the Wang Jingwei regime which are now in the public domain in the People's Republic of China.
  • {{PD-Wang Jingwei regime-stamps}} – for stamps issued by the government of the Wang Jingwei regime, which are now in the public domain in China.

Stamps

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See also: Commons:Stamps

Public domain use {{PD-Wang Jingwei regime-stamps}}.

As China has always claimed east China and never recognized the Wang Jingwei regime, any copyright of Wang Jingwei regime stamps would have expired no later on 1 January 1996. China limits corporate copyright to 50 years since publication, and it is no longer known who designed the stamps.

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