Template talk:PD-Laos

Invalidity of the PD-Laos Template

This template is no more valid, since the Copyright Law was promulgated in Laos, see: Laos Intellectual Property Laws (in English) (Promulgated: 14 January 2008, Entry into force: 14 April 2008). Chapter 5 of the Law entitled Copyrights and Rights relating to copyrights deals with copyright protection.

In particular, Section 93 of Part 6 of Chapter 5 of the Law reads as follows:

"Section 93: Term of Protection of Copyrights

1. The term of protection of copyrights begins from the date of creation of works and subsists for the life of the author plus 50 years as from the death of the mentioned author of works. In case of the joint authors, the term of protection of the copyrights shall subsist for the life of last surviving joint author plus 50 years as from the death of the relevant person.

2. In case the author is organization, the term of protection subsists for 50 years as from the date of creation of the works. In case that the works is published, the term of protection of such copyrights shall subsist for 50 years as from the date of first publication.

In case that the author uses pseudonymous without knowing who the author is, the term of protection shall comply with first paragraph of item 2 under this section.

In case knowing of the owner of works using pseudonymous, the term of protection shall comply with item 1 under this section.

3. In case of International treaty Lao PDR is a party thereto or agreement Lao PDR jointly signed, the term of protection of copyrights shall comply with such International treaty or agreement."

According to Section 76 of Part 1 of Chapter 5, the following are not copyright protected:

"Section 76: Things which are not eligible for obtaining protection as copyrights

The followings are not eligible for obtaining protection as copyrights:

1. Information characterized as news.

2. Any juristic acts, administrative rules, judicial documents and official translations

3. Procedures, systems, practicing method, definition, principles and statistics"

So do not rely on this PD-Laos template. Regards, --Leonid Dzhepko (talk) 13:37, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

The law has not been enacted yet, see:http://www.stea.la.wipo.net/law/index.html and http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=5890

No copyright laws in Laos, only protection for industrial designs and for trademarks. Oaktree b (talk) 20:59, 8 April 2012 (UTC)