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| Keywords: IstB.jpg Sketches of people within Istana Besar the palace of Maharaja Abu Bakar in 1882 Even though the National Archives website declared that its works are protected under copyright http //picas nhb gov sg/picas/public/internetSearch/Faq jsp 21 20How 20does 20NAS 20prevent 20its 20photographs 20being works that have lapsed at least 50/70 years or more depending on the country The copyright laws of Singapore states that a copyright in a photograph shall subsist for 70 years from the time it is taken Section 211 http //statutes agc gov sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata pl actno 2006-REVED-63 doctitle COPYRIGHT+ACT 0A date latest method part sl 1 segid 1138345608-006937 http //statutes agc gov sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata pl actno 2006-REVED-63 doctitle COPYRIGHT+ACT 0A date latest method part sl 1 segid 1138345608-006937 Division 2 ” Original Works--see also Section 27 http //statutes agc gov sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata pl actno 2006-REVED-63 doctitle COPYRIGHT+ACT 0A date latest method part segid 1138345605-001134 PART III COPYRIGHT IN ORIGINAL LITERARY DRAMATIC MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC WORKS duration of copyright in original works The copyright law of Singapore came effect on 10 April 1987; before that Singapore used the Crown Copyright law of 1911 which protects copyright of artworks and photographs which lasts for 50 years from the time it is created See http //www medialaw com sg/copyrightguide htm Copyright Guidelines For Newsletter Editors in Singapore 7 May 1999 Also considering that Johor e was an Unfederated Malay State under British tutelage the PD-British Gov copyright laws qualify for this image and for any image for that matter; this sketch was made more than 100 years ago In all this image qualifies for crown copyright law; if no law was set in 1882 then it certainly qualifies into the public domain NB Singapore was a crown colony of the British Commonwealth while Johor e was an Unfederated Malay state in the British commonwealth http //picas nhb gov sg/picas/public/internetSearch/catalogueForm jsp command loadUpdate id 0000000477 thesaurusFlag Y simpleSearch johore photographOption 1 1882 Newspaper cutting; electronic copy downloaded from the Singapore National Archives PD-UKGov PD-old Historical images of Malaysia People of Johor | ||||
