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Copyright rules: Tajikistan Shortcut: COM:TAJIKISTAN
Durations
Standard	Life + 50 years
Anonymous	Publish + 50 years
Other
Freedom of panorama	No
Terms run to year end	Yes
Common licence tags	{{PD-old-auto}} {{PD-TJ-exempt}}
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3	TJK
Treaties
Berne convention	9 March 2000
WTO member	2 March 2013
URAA restoration date?*	9 March 2000
WIPO treaty	5 April 2009
*?A work is usually protected in the US if it is a type of work copyrightable in the US, published after 31 December 1929 and protected in the country of origin on the URAA date.

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

Background

The region of modern Tajikistan became part of the Russian Empire, and then was an autonomous republic in the Soviet Union. In 1929 it became a Soviet Republic. Tajikistan became fully independent on 9 September 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Tajikistan has been a member of the Berne Convention since 9 March 2000, the WIPO Copyright Treaty since 5 April 2009 and the World Trade Organization since 2 March 2013.

As of 2018 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, listed the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to 2009) as the main copyright law enacted by the legislature of Tajikistan. WIPO holds the text of this law in their WIPO Lex database.

General rules

Under the the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to 2009),

• Copyright is protected for the entire life of the author and operates 50 years after the death of the author, except where stated otherwise in this article.^{[2009 Article 17]}
• For a collaborative work, protection lasts for the life of the co-authors and 50 years after the death of the last surviving co-author.^{[2009 Article 17]}
• For an anonymous or pseudonymous work, where the author's identity is not revealed, protection lasts for 50 years after lawful publication.^{[2009 Article 17]}

Terms are calculated starting from 1 January of the year following the event on which the term is based.^{[2009 Article 17]}

For works originating in other countries, the term of protection may not exceed that defined in the country of origin.^{[2009 Article 17]}

Not protected

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• COM:NOP Tajikistan

See also: Commons:Unprotected works

Under the the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to 2009), the following are not covered by copyright: official documents (laws, court decisions, other texts of legislative, administrative and judicial nature), as well as their official translations; state symbols and signs (flag, coat of arms, anthem, the Order, the national currency and other public signs); communications concerning events and fact of informational nature; works of folklore.^{[2009 Article 7]}

Copyright tags

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• COM:TAG Tajikistan

See also: Commons:Copyright tags

• {{PD-TJ-exempt}} – for formal documents (laws, judgements, other texts of legal, administrative and judicial nature), and also their official translations; state symbols and signs (flags, coats of arms, awards, banknotes and so on); communications concerning events and facts that have informational character; works of folk arts

Currency

Shortcut

• COM:CUR Tajikistan

See also: Commons:Currency

OK. Under the the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to 2009), Tajikistan currency is not copyrighted. Monetary items, together with other state symbols, are explicitly excluded from copyright.^{[2009 Article 7]}

Please use {{PD-TJ-exempt}} for Tajikistan currency images.

Freedom of panorama

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• COM:FOP Tajikistan

See also: Commons:Freedom of panorama

 Not OK. Under the the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to 2009), only incidental and non-commercial use is allowed:

• It is permitted without the consent of the author or other owner of the copyright rights and without payment of author's remuneration, to reproduce and broadcast by radio or cable for general information architecture works, photography and graphic arts which are permanently located in a public place, apart from cases where the work is the main subject, or where the image is used for commercial purposes.^{[2009 Article 21]}

Stamps

See also: Commons:Stamps

use {{PD-TJ-exempt}}.

Pursuant to Article 7 of Law on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to 2009) of the Republic of Tajikistan, "state symbols and signs" are not copyrighted.

Pursuant to Article 1 of Law of Tajikistan On Postal Services dated June 4, 2003, "state signs of payment for postal communication [are] postal stamps, which are attached to postal correspondence and confirm the payment of postal communication services, blocks, stamped envelopes, postal cards"

See also

• То?икистон
• Category:Tajikistani FOP cases
• Category:Stamps of Tajikistan
• Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Soviet Union

Citations

Caution: The above description may be inaccurate, incomplete and/or out of date, so must be treated with caution. Before you upload a file to Wikimedia Commons you should ensure it may be used freely. See also: Commons:General disclaimer