[This image is of Afghan origin and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired per Article 16 & 17 of the Decree of President of Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan regarding signing The Law on the support the right of authors, composers, artists and researchers (Copy Right Law). (Persian (official), English (unofficial WIPO))
Chapter Three: Timeline to use the copyright
Timeline to protect the works
Article 16:
(1) Provision s in the article six of this Law shall be protected under the following circumstances:
Works published or broadcast during the life cycle of the author shall be protected fifty calendar years after his/her death unless the author has decided differently.
Joint works published or broadcast during the life cycle of the authors shall be protected for fifty years after the death of the last author.
Works published or broadcast with metaphorical (pseudonym) names shall be protected for fifty years after the first year of the publication. If the author is identified, the provisions of the clause 1 of this article shall apply.
Works not published during the life cycle of the author and in the case of the joint work, that have not been published during the life cycle of the last author, shall be protected for fifty years effective from the first year of publication and broadcast.
Audiovisual works shall be protected for fifty years effective from the first year of the publication or broadcast.
Photography and painting works shall be protected fifty years effective from the first year of publication and broadcast.
(2) Provisions of the article 15 of this Law for the publication of the audiovisual work in the case of not being publicized and broadcast, effective from the date of phonogram’s fixation shall be protected for fifty years.
Start Date of the timeline for the protection of the work
Article 17:
If the timeline of the protection starts from the date of the publication and broadcast, therefore the first date of the publication shall be the date for the protection timeline unless the author when reproducing the work brings fundamental changes in the work in way that results into a new work. If the work is consisted of several components or is published in different phases, the timeline for the protection shall be accounted for each component as a separate work.] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
Note 2: Editors should be aware that "work of Afghanistan" means works published first in Afghanistan that are from Afghanistan sources, not works created in that country for other sources. For example photographs taken by a reporter covering combat for a press/news agency located in Germany are not a "work of Afghanistan".
