File:East Prussia Administrative Flag.jpg

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English: East Prussia Official Flag (1882-1935)
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Author Peter Loeser
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This file depicts the flag of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain).
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This work is not an object of copyright according to article 1259 of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation No. 230-FZ of December 18, 2006.

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This image is in the public domain according to Article 4, case 2 of the Polish Copyright Law Act of February 4, 1994 (Dz. U. z 2022 r. poz. 2509 with later changes) "normative acts and drafts thereof as well as official documents, materials, signs and symbols are not subject to copyrights". Hence it is assumed that this image has been released into public domain. However in some instances the use of this image in Poland might be regulated by other laws.
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According to the Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and Related Rights (passed on May 18, 1999 and amended 2010) Chapter II, Section 1:

Article 5. Works not Attributed to the Subject Matter of Copyright Copyright shall not apply to:

 1) ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of operation, concepts, principles, discoveries or mere data;
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current05:18, 24 June 2008Thumbnail for version as of 05:18, 24 June 2008324 × 216 (13 KB)Paloeser (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=East Prussia Official Flag (1882-1935)}} |Source=Own work by uploader |Author=Peter Loeser |Date=6/23/2008 |Permission= |other_versions= }} This was the administrative flag of East Prussia {{ImageUpload|full}}

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