Nauru
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Nauru stamps public domain?
No ruling on Nauru 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; 100 years from issue as a work of the state.
Copyright law in Nauru
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Nauru stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Nauru, 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
- Work of the state
- 100 years from issue
- Note
- Government works are protected 100 years from the end of the year they were made. The 2019 Act reaches back to older works; the government term under the Copyright Act 1956 it replaced is not recorded.
Historical issuers read under this law: North West Pacific Islands.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.