Published terms, not adviceWhose copyright term applies
OpenPlate multiplies one number by another and shows its work. What it cannot do is tell you that the arithmetic settles the question: a term running out is a necessary condition for reuse, not a sufficient one, and the museum's own claim about its photograph is a separate right that outlives the artwork.
Term lengths in the database
- Australialife + 70
Life plus 70.
- Canadalife + 50
Life plus the shorter of 50 years or the end of the 20th century; the product applies the 50-year term.
- European Unionlife + 70
Life plus 70, applied uniformly across member states by the InfoSoc directive.
- Japanlife + 70
Life plus 70 for works of authors who died after a 1947 reform; earlier works follow the rule in force when they were made.
- United Kingdomlife + 70
Life plus 70 under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
- United Stateslife + 70 · or 95y from publication
Life plus 70. Works published more than 95 years ago with a copyright notice have also passed into the public domain.
How the six factors are weighted
- Creator's copyright term0.26The largest weight, because the term is arithmetic you can check.
- Institution's own claim0.20What the museum says about the record it is serving.
- Reproduction restrictions0.20Estates, collecting societies, licences and copyright marks in their statement.
- Publication-age rule0.14Where a jurisdiction clears by age regardless of the creator's death.
- Exposure of the intended use0.12Editorial is not merchandise, and a newsletter is not a broadcast.
- Credit-line completeness0.08Whether the record even supplies the elements a credit line needs.
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Use and reach bands
- Personal
Your own screen or a private file that is never distributed.
- Editorial
Reporting, criticism and comment about the work itself.
- Educational
Teaching material inside a course, lesson or internal deck.
- Commercial
Paid work: a client deck, a newsletter, a product listing.
- Merchandise
Putting the image on something you sell: print, apparel, stock art.
- Broadcast
Television, streaming or any published broadcast.
- A deskup to 100 · ×1
- A newsletter runup to 10,000 · ×0.85
- A publicationup to 250,000 · ×0.65
- Open to the internetno ceiling · ×0.45
Not legal advice
OpenPlate reports what a museum's own records say and does the arithmetic on published copyright terms. It is a research desk, not legal advice, and it does not replace a rights clearance for a paying client. When the verdict is REVIEW or BLOCKED, write to the institution or to a rights adviser before you print.
OpenPlate reads records published under each institution's open-access terms and the copyright term lengths listed above. It performs no legal analysis and contacts no rights holder.
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