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Anonymous<REF> Advertising material published by a company follows the same rules as anonymous documents, unless it is explicitly signed by an individual or some individual later claimed to be the original author. </REF> documents published in Japan between January 1st, 1946 and January 1st, 1958 are in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain public domain] in the following jurisdictions (as of 2008):
 
Anonymous<REF> Advertising material published by a company follows the same rules as anonymous documents, unless it is explicitly signed by an individual or some individual later claimed to be the original author. </REF> documents published in Japan between January 1st, 1946 and January 1st, 1958 are in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain public domain] in the following jurisdictions (as of 2008):
 
* Japan, where the copyrights for an anonymous work expire 50 years after its first publication;<REF> [http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/clj/cl2_2.html#cl2_2+S4 Copyright law of Japan] (from the [http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/index.html CRIC website]), chapter II, section 4. </REF>
 
* Japan, where the copyrights for an anonymous work expire 50 years after its first publication;<REF> [http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/clj/cl2_2.html#cl2_2+S4 Copyright law of Japan] (from the [http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/index.html CRIC website]), chapter II, section 4. </REF>
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* the European Union, where the "shorter term" rule applies to foreign works, and a foreign document which is already in public domain in its home country is not protected.<REF> [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31993L0098:EN:HTML Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights], art.7. </REF>
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* the European Union, where the "shorter term" rule applies to foreign works, and a foreign document which is already in public domain in their home country is not protected;<REF> [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31993L0098:EN:HTML Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights], art.7. </REF>
   
 
They are not in public domain in the United States, where foreign works which were not already in public domain in their home country as of January 1st, 1996 were subject to copyright restoration, and are protected until 95 years after their date of first publication.<REF> [http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, 1 January 2007], by Peter B. Hirtle. </REF> The republication of advertising material published in Japan in that period probably falls under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use fair use] in the US, and thus it is accepted in Camerapedia.
 
They are not in public domain in the United States, where foreign works which were not already in public domain in their home country as of January 1st, 1996 were subject to copyright restoration, and are protected until 95 years after their date of first publication.<REF> [http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, 1 January 2007], by Peter B. Hirtle. </REF> The republication of advertising material published in Japan in that period probably falls under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use fair use] in the US, and thus it is accepted in Camerapedia.
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