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Algeria

In Algeria, you must not copy most images and videos for 50 years after it was made. This is because that is when the copyright ends. Copyright is when you are only allowed to copy something unless you have the permission of the person who made it. Below are some pictures that are not copyrighted because they are over 50 years old and made in Algeria:

Argentina

All photos taken and published in Argentina will stop being copyrighted 25 years after they were published. This does not happen with drawings.

Here are some photographs from Argentina that are not copyrighted any more because they are old:

All videos made and published in Argentina will stop being copyrighted 50 years after the people who made them died. When they have stopped being copyrighted any one can use them in any way they like.

Here is a picture from a film which is not copyrighted because it is old:

If no one knows which person made something and it is from Argentina, it stops being copyrighted 50 years after it was made.

Here are some things that are not copyrighted because of this:

Australia

Anything made by the government is copyrighted and cannot be copied until it is 50 years old. When it is 50 years old it can be copied by anyone. If things in Australia have not been published they are copyrighted. Things are not copyrighted if the person who made the thing has been dead for more than seventy years. If no one knows who made the thing it will not be copyrighted seventy years after it was published.

Here are some images that are not copyrighted from Australia:

Austria

Any law made by the government of Austria does not have copyright. Things from Austria that are not made by the government are not copyrighted and can be used by anyone if the person who made it died more than seventy years ago.

Here are some images that are not copyrighted because of this-

Belarus

You are not allowed to most images and videos made in Belarus for 50 years after the person who made it dies. This is because that is when the copyright ends. Copyright is when you are only allowed to copy something unless you have been told you can the person who made it. Here are some pictures from Belarus that are not copyrighted:

Brazil

You are not allowed to most things made in Brazil for 70 years after the person who made it dies. Photographs can always be used 71 years after it was taken, This is because that is when the copyright ends. Copyright is when you are only allowed to copy something unless you have been told you can the person who made it. Here are some pictures from Brazil that are not copyrighted: