Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Curaçao

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This page provides an overview of the copyright rules of Curaçao relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in Curaçao must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both Curaçao 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 Curaçao, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.

Background

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In 1845 all the Dutch Caribbean islands became part of a colony called Curaçao and Dependencies. In 1954 they became the Netherlands Antilles, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a separate constituent country. In 2010 the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became autonomous constituent countries within the Kingdom, and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba became special municipalities of the Netherlands.

According to the Bureau for Intellectual Property Curaçao as of 2019, the act regulating copyright in Curaçao is the Auteursverordening 1913, P.B. 1913, no. 3. That is, the 1913 National Ordinance on Copyright, National Gazette 1913, No. 3.[1]

Durations

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  • The 1913 act grants the author copyright with duration of up to 50 years after the author’s death.

Freedom of panorama

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Shortcut

See also: Commons:Freedom of panorama

OK According to the Auteursverordening 1913 - article 18, Freedom of Panorama is allowed as long as the reproduction is clearly different from the original work by its size or the way in which it was made, and in the case of buildings only the exterior is shown.[2]

See also

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Citations

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  1. Copyright: Exclusive author rights. Bureau for Intellectual Property Curaçao. Retrieved on 2019-03-14.
  2. "Als inbreuk op het auteursrecht op een werk, als bedoeld bij artikel 10, 6º., hetwelk blijvend op of aan den openbaren weg zichtbaar is gesteld, wordt niet beschouwd de verveelvoudiging, welke door hare grootte of door de werkwijze, volgens welke zij vervaardigd is, een duidelijk verschil vertoont met het oorspronkelijk werk, en zich, wat bouwwerken betreft, tot het uitwendige daarvan bepaalt."
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