Dominican Republic
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Dominican Republic stamps public domain?
No ruling on Dominican Republic stamps specifically has been found, so the archive reads them under the country’s general copyright law.
The terms: 70 years after the death of a named designer; 70 years from issue for an anonymous stamp; 70 years from issue as a work of the state.
Copyright law in the Dominican Republic
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Dominican Republic stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of the Dominican Republic, 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
- 70 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 70 years from issue
- Work of the state
- 70 years from issue
- Before 1986
- 30 years after the designer’s death.
- Before 2007
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Older stamps
- A stamp already in the public domain stayed there when the term was extended.
- Note
- The 1986 law restored works that had lost protection for not being registered under the 1947 law. Government work is presumed to belong to the public body; whether a 70-year state term applies is not settled.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.