Sudan
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Sudan stamps public domain?
No ruling on Sudan 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; 50 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
Copyright law in Sudan
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Sudan stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Sudan, 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
- Anonymous
- 50 years from issue
- Before 1996
- 25 years after the designer’s death; 25 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Before 2013
- 50 years after the designer’s death; 25 years from issue for an anonymous stamp.
- Note
- Under the 1974 act, works were protected only if registered. State emblems and symbols are not protected under the 2013 law.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.