English: The image depicts the Governor of Macau signing a statement of apology at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, under a portrait of Mao Zedong.
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This image, while related to the history of Macau, was first published in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
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Description12-3 Incident Apology.jpg
English: The image depicts the Portuguese Governor of Macau, José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho, signing a statement of apology at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, under a portrait of Mao Zedong.
This image is now in the public domain in China because its term of copyright has expired.
According to copyright laws of the People's Republic of China (with legal jurisdiction in the mainland only, excluding Hong Kong and Macao), amended November 11, 2020, Works of legal persons or organizations without legal personality, or service works, or audiovisual works, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation. For photography works of natural persons whose copyright protection period expires before June 1, 2021 belong to the public domain. All other works of natural persons enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator.
According to copyright laws of Republic of China (currently with jurisdiction in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.), all photographs and cinematographic works, and all works whose copyright holder is a juristic person, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation, and all other applicable works enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator.
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This work is in the public domain because, according to Article 21 and 23 of Decreto-Lei n.º 43/99/M of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Copyright of this work had expired in Macau. This is either because the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies had already ended, or the work is of unknown authorship and the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first made has ended. Please also see Copyright.
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This work is in the public domain both in Portugal and in the United States because it was first published in Portugal (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days) and it was first published before 1 March 1989 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities, such as copyright notice and it is one of the following:
A photographic work, work deemed to be a photographic work or work of applied art created before 1 July 1970 (more info here); or
Another type of work whose author died before 1946; or
An anonymous work or a work deemed to be anonymous, or a work by a collective person whose authors were not individually identified, published or disclosed before 1946.
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As of 1 January 1996, the following were in the public domain in Portugal: works whose author died before 1946; anonymous works, works deemed to be anonymous, or works by a collective person whose authors were not individually identified, first published or disclosed before 1946; photographic works, works deemed to be photographic works or works of applied art created before 1 July 1970; news articles or economic, political or religious articles, published or disclosed before 1996, provided that rights have not been specifically reserved and mentions, wherever possible, the name of the author and of the publisher, of the title of the work and other elements enabling it to be identified.
This image, while related to the history of Macau, was first publicized in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. With the author being unknown, the image also has entered the public domain in Macau SAR. This image has also entered the public domain in Portugal as all photographs taken until 30 June 1970 are in the public domain in Portugal, per Decree Law n.° 334/97 of 27 November.
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The image depicts the Governor of Macau signing a statement of apology at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, under a portrait of Mao Zedong.