User:Buffs/PD-Tuvalu in US

This is a temporary template for certain files that are under discussion. Both consensus and a WMF legal team review has determined these images to be in the Public Domain within the US and most other countries. Criteria for usage is still under discussion.

This file was first published in Tuvalu. According to Wikipedia and Circular 38a of the U.S. Copyright Office, as of January 2010, Eritrea does not have copyright relations with the United States. Published works originating in Tuvaluthus are not copyrighted in the United States, regardless of the local copyright laws. See 17 U.S.C. § 104(b), quoted in the Circular. Therefore, it is in the public domain within the United States. Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details. Pursuant to the Berne Convention and Title 17, Section 104 of the US Code, the following must be true to establish that the "country of origin" of this work is Tuvalu:

The work was first published in Tuvalu.
The authors of the work are citizens of Tuvalu and are not also citizens or permanent residents of any country that participates in the Berne Convention.
Within thirty days of its first publication in Tuvalu, the work was never published in any country that participates in the Berne Convention.