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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikisource.org/wiki/Vikim%C9%99nb%C9%99:M%C3%BC%C9%99llif_h%C3%BCquqlar%C4%B1" title="Vikimənbə:Müəllif hüquqları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikimənbə:Müəllif hüquqları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8B:%D0%90%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Вікікрыніцы:Аўтарскае права – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікікрыніцы:Аўтарскае права" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA:%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Уикиизточник:Авторски права – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикиизточник:Авторски права" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8:%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="উইকিসংকলন:কপিরাইট নীতিমালা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিসংকলন:কপিরাইট নীতিমালা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikisource.org/wiki/Viquitexts:Drets_d%27autor" title="Viquitexts:Drets d'autor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquitexts:Drets d'autor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikizdroje:Autorsk%C3%A9_pr%C3%A1vo" title="Wikizdroje:Autorské právo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikizdroje:Autorské právo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Ophavsret" title="Wikisource:Ophavsret – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikisource:Ophavsret" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Urheberrecht" title="Wikisource:Urheberrecht – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikisource:Urheberrecht" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BA%CE%B7:%CE%A0%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC_%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Βικιθήκη:Πνευματικά δικαιώματα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιθήκη:Πνευματικά δικαιώματα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Copyright_policy" title="Wikisource:Copyright policy – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Wikisource:Copyright policy" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Derechos_de_autor" title="Wikisource:Derechos de autor – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikisource:Derechos de autor" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikisource.org/wiki/Vikitekstid:Autori%C3%B5igused" title="Vikitekstid:Autoriõigused – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikitekstid:Autoriõigused" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikisource.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87:%D8%AD%D9%82_%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%AB%DB%8C%D8%B1" title="ویکی‌نبشته:حق تکثیر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌نبشته:حق تکثیر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Aide:Droit_d%E2%80%99auteur" title="Aide:Droit d’auteur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aide:Droit d’auteur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A4:%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B6%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A7%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0_%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF" title="વિકિસ્રોત:પ્રકાશનાધિકાર નીતિ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિકિસ્રોત:પ્રકાશનાધિકાર નીતિ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%96%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ויקיטקסט:זכויות יוצרים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיטקסט:זכויות יוצרים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिस्रोत:मुद्राधिकार स्थिति – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिस्रोत:मुद्राधिकार स्थिति" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikizvor:Autorska_prava" title="Wikizvor:Autorska prava – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikizvor:Autorska prava" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6:%D5%80%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3" title="Վիքիդարան:Հեղինակային իրավունքների կանոնակարգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիդարան:Հեղինակային իրավունքների կանոնակարգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisumber:Hak_cipta" title="Wikisumber:Hak cipta – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikisumber:Hak cipta" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Rispetto_del_copyright" title="Wikisource:Rispetto del copyright – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikisource:Rispetto del copyright" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:%E8%91%97%E4%BD%9C%E6%A8%A9" title="Wikisource:著作権 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikisource:著作権" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisumber:Hak_cipta" title="Wikisumber:Hak cipta – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Wikisumber:Hak cipta" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%AC%B8%ED%97%8C:%EC%A0%80%EC%9E%91%EA%B6%8C_%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85" title="위키문헌:저작권 정책 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키문헌:저작권 정책" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2:%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%82" title="വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാല:പകർപ്പവകാശം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാല:പകർപ്പവകാശം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" 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Many countries, including all countries of the European Union apply a copyright term of 70 years from the death of the author ("70 pma"). As of 2024, only authors who died before 1954 would be in the public domain in such countries. This can frequently result in works being still in copyright in the country of first publication but in the public domain in the United States. Due to the Wikimedia Foundation's <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy">Resolution:Licensing policy</a> and corresponding subdomain applications thereof, such works may be ineligible for posting on the appropriate language subdomain. Such works may be published here <i>if</i> it can clearly be shown that they are in the public domain under US law and should be labeled with {{<a href="/wiki/Template:PD-US-1923-abroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:PD-US-1923-abroad">PD-US-1923-abroad</a>}} or one of its language specific variants. Such works <i>must not</i> be moved to the corresponding language subdomain. There are a few very narrow exceptions to this rule and such matters should be discussed so that editors familiar with the details of the application of US copyright law and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention" class="extiw" title="w:Berne Convention">Berne Convention</a> can comment. </p><p>Likewise, the United States does not recognize any copyright on edicts of government even if they are still <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_text_copyright" class="extiw" title="w:Official text copyright">copyright</a>-restricted in their source countries. 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If it is, please do <i>not</i> link to the page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prohibited_licenses" data-mw-thread-id="h-Prohibited_licenses-Contributors'_rights_and_obligations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Prohibited_licenses-Contributors'_rights_and_obligations"></span>Prohibited licenses<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Prohibited_licenses-Contributors'_rights_and_obligations"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikisource:Copyright_policy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Prohibited licenses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a> (GFDL) was formerly standard on Wikimedia Foundation Projects but is no longer allowed as the sole license. Contributors of original content must release it under dual-license (CC-BY-SA-3.0 <i>and</i> GFDL); however, imported works, like most of the works on main namespace content on Wikisource, need only be available under the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. For more information see <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of use">Foundation Terms of Use</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fair_use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fair_use-Prohibited_licenses"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fair_use-Prohibited_licenses"></span>Fair use<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fair_use-Prohibited_licenses"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikisource:Copyright_policy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fair use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Fair use", also known as "fair dealing", is the concept that unlicensed copyrighted work can be legally used without paying licensing fees or receiving permission of the copyright holder (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use" class="extiw" title="w:Fair use">Wikipedia's article on fair use</a>). Fair use is <b>explicitly prohibited on Wikisource.</b> </p><p>As described by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Amount_and_substantiality" class="extiw" title="w:Fair use">Amount and substantiality</a> clause, reproducing whole works is not fair use. See the legal precedent set in <i>Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises</i> (1985); as stated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_%26_Row_v._Nation_Enterprises" class="extiw" title="w:Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises">Wikipedia's article on the subject</a>, the US Supreme Court "<i>determined that fair use is not a defense to the appropriation of work by a famous political figure simply because of the public interest in learning of that political figure's account of an historic event.</i>" Further, "<i>the use of less than 400 words from President Ford's memoir by a political opinion magazine was interpreted as infringement because those few words represented "the heart of the book" and were, as such, substantial.</i>" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-commercial_licenses" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-commercial_licenses-Prohibited_licenses"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-commercial_licenses-Prohibited_licenses"></span>Non-commercial licenses<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-commercial_licenses-Prohibited_licenses"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikisource:Copyright_policy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Non-commercial licenses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Wikisource itself does not make commercial use of works, its license does allow redistributors to make such commercial use. 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In 2006, Jimbo Wales explicitly confirmed in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#wikimedia">#wikimedia</a> that this decision applied to Wikisource, declaring that "Noncomercial-only licenses are basically the same thing as torturing kittens." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angela" class="extiw" title="w:User:Angela">Angela</a>, board member, has also explicitly stated noncommercial licenses are unacceptable; see "<a class="external text" href="https://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-February/006015.html">Foundation-l, Juriwiki-l, Re: Copyright complaints</a>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Redistribution" data-mw-thread-id="h-Redistribution"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Redistribution"></span>Redistribution<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Redistribution"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikisource:Copyright_policy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Redistribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You can copy public domain material without additional restrictions. 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