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The Malaysian Copyright Act 1987 applies to works first published in Malaysia (details). The periods of copyright are as follows:
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Works by the government, governmental organisations and international organisations are subject to copyright for 50 years after publication: sections 11 and 23.
Regardless of the above, the texts of laws, judicial opinions, and government reports are always free from copyright: section 3 (definition of literary work).
(All 50-year durations are computed from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work was first published or made. In other words, as of 2024, works published prior to 1 January 1974 are now in the public domain.)
أنتَ أيضاً مُلزمٌ بتضمين وسم النَّطاق العامّ لتحديد السبب الَّذي يجعلُ من هذا العمل مِلكيَّةً عامةً في الولايات المُتحدة الأمريكيَّة انتبه إلى أن هذا العمل قد لا يقع في النَّطاق العامّ في البلدان حيث لا يكون حكم الفترة الأقصر نافذاً، والأمر سيان في البلدان التي لديها حقوق تأليفٍ ونشرٍ تمتد طوال حياة المُؤَلِّف ولمدة 50 عاماً بعد وفاته. هذه المُدَّة هي بالتحديد: 100 عام في المكسيك، و95 عاماً في جامايكا و 80 عاماً في كولومبيا، و75 عاماً في غواتيمالا وساموا، و70 عاماً في سويسرا والولايات المُتحدة الأمريكيَّة و60 عاماً في فنزويلا
