what is it ?

sound recording,
literaray, dramatic, boradcast, unorignial typographical
artistic work, performance, database arrangements
unoriginal film

50 years max 15 years from

who is the (broadcast, last 25 years from
author? fixation, substantial publication
publication) change

at least one known anonymous the governement:

a computer
author or legal entity crown copyright

70 years from
max 50 years from no (not
published?
(publication, creation commercially)
creation)

is at least one of work first 125 years from

them a EEA national no published in yes (commercially)
creation
or resident EEA

min (50 years

from
yes publication,
125 years from
creatuion

life of the is one of the authors

longest living no citizen of a treaty no
author plus 70 country?

max (term of
no protection in country yes public domain
origin) < 70

yes

life of the
longest living
author plus
max (term of
protection in
country of
origin) UK copyright term flowchart
first draft compiled by WG6 of the COMMUNIA
network on the public domain. more info at:
www.communia-project.eu and
wiki.okfn.org/PublicDomianCalculators