Kiribati
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Kiribati stamps public domain?
No ruling on Kiribati 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.
Copyright law in Kiribati
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Kiribati stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Kiribati, 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
- Before 2018
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp; 50 years from issue for a work of the state.
- Older stamps
- A stamp already in the public domain stayed there when the term was extended.
- Note
- The 2018 Act states no term for anonymous work. Under the former law, the Crown's artistic work lasted 50 years from making.
Historical issuers read under this law: Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gilbert Islands.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.