In order to be hosted on Commons, all works must be in the public domain in the United States as well as in their source country. Egyptian works that are currently in the public domain in the United States are those whose copyright had expired in Egypt on the U.S. date of restoration (January 1, 1996) pursuant to the provisions of the old 1954 law which was in effect at the time.
Type of work
Copyright has expired in Egypt if...
Copyright has expired in the U.S. if...
A
Non-creative photographic or audiovisual works
published prior to 1987
published prior to 1981
B
Other works with an identifiable author
the author died prior to 1974
the author died prior to 1946 or published prior to 1929
C
Other works that are either anonymous or pseudonymous
published prior to 1974
published prior to 1946
D
Other works (e.g. collective works) whose copyright is held by a legal person
Certain types of Egyptian works (official documents, stamps, works of national folklore) should use specific license tags instead of this generic tag.
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This work was first published on the Libya and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Copyright Protection Law, enacted 1968. The work meets one of the following criteria:
It is an anonymous work or pseudonymous work and 25 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is a work published after the death of the author and 50 have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
It is a photographic or cinematographic work that is not compositive (artistic in nature) and 5 years have elapsed since the end of the year of its publication
It is a work created by a legal public or private entity and 30 years have passed since the year the work was created
It is another type of work and than 25 years have elapsed since the the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) and fifty years have elapsed since the year of publication.
It is one of "official documents such as texts of laws, decrees, regulations, international agreements, legal judgements and various official documents"
{{Information |Description={{en|1=President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt (right) with the Leader of the Libyan Revolution, Muammar al-Gaddafi, 1969}} |Source=al-Ahram |Author=Not available |Date=1969 |Permission=See below |other_versions= }}