Ivory Coast
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Ivory Coast stamps public domain?
No ruling on Ivory Coast 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.
Copyright law in Ivory Coast
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Ivory Coast stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Ivory Coast, 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
- Before 2016
- 99 years after the designer’s death; 99 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Note
- The 2016 date is the law's date, July 26, 2016; the date it took effect is not recorded. Profit-making use of a public domain work still needs paid permission.
Historical issuers read under this law: Dakar - Abidjan, Ivory Coast (French Colony).
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.