Mali
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Mali stamps public domain?
No ruling on Mali 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 Mali
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Mali stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Mali, 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
- Note
- Mali has a paying public domain: using a work whose copyright has ended means paying a fee to a collective management body.
Historical issuers read under this law: Mali Federation, Senegambia and Niger, Upper Senegal and Niger.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.