Comoros
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Comoros stamps public domain?
No ruling on Comoros stamps specifically has been found, so the archive reads them under the country’s general copyright law.
The terms: 50 years after the death of a named designer; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
Copyright law in the Comoros
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Comoros stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of the Comoros, and how it reaches a general answer from it. A design answers Likely yes or Likely no only when every term that could apply agrees, and Unclear when they disagree.
- Named designer
- 50 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 50 years from issue
- Note
- The Law of March 11, 1957 names pseudonymous and collective works for the 50-year term, not anonymous ones. Whether an uncredited stamp falls under it is not settled.
Historical issuers read under this law: Anjouan, Great Comoro, Madagascar and Dependencies, Moheli.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.