Yemen
Are Yemen stamps public domain?
No ruling on Yemen 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 Yemen
The archive has not been able to settle the details of Yemen stamps specifically. Here is its reading of the copyright law of Yemen, 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 2012
- 30 years after the designer’s death.
- Older stamps
- A stamp already in the public domain stayed there when the term was extended.
- Note
- The date Law No. 15 of 2012 took effect is not recorded.
Historical issuers read under this law: Aden, Federation of South Arabia, Kathiri State of Seiyun, Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra, Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut, Qu'Aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla, Southern Yemen, Upper Yafa, Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom), Yemen Arab Republic, Yemen PDR.