Uganda
Copyright and fair use information for postage stamps
Are Uganda stamps public domain?
No ruling on Uganda 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 Uganda
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Uganda stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Uganda, 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
- Older stamps
- A stamp already in the public domain stayed there when the term was extended.
- Note
- Under the 1964 act, a published work was protected until the later of the author's death or 50 years after publication; the 2006 act did not revive expired works. Corporate works last 50 years from first publication.
Historical issuers read under this law: East Africa and Uganda Protectorates, Uganda Protectorate.
The rule by period
PeriodRule
Any dateNo rule specific to stamps. The general copyright law above applies.