Jamaica
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Jamaica stamps public domain?
No rule specific to Jamaican stamps; the general copyright law applies.
The terms: 95 years after the death of a named designer; 95 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
Copyright law in Jamaica
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Jamaica stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Jamaica, 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.
- Government works
- No provision deals with government works. A work an employee makes for an employer is protected for 95 years from the end of the year it was made.
- Named designer
- 95 years after the designer’s death
- Anonymous
- 95 years from issue
- Note
- The 2015 amendment raised the term from 50 to 95 years, in force from January 1, 2012.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.