DescriptionYamashita and Percival discuss surrender terms.jpg
English: Lieutenant General Yamashita Tomoyuki and Lieutenant General A E Percival discuss surrender terms at the Ford Works Building near the Bukit Timah Road, Singapore.
English: This image was created by an official Japanese photographer who was either part of the Imperial Japanese Army or attached to the army in 1942. The image was taken in the Straits Settlements at the ceremony that marked the transition from British colonial control to Japanese control. As such, it could be intrepreted that British colonial law applied as being in force prior to the ceremony, Japanese law applied as being in force after the ceremony or subsequent Singaporean law applies following the independence of the territory from colonial rule. The following sections set out the licensing applicable in all three scenarios, and indicate that the image is in the public domain regardless of jurisdiction.
British colonial law
English: Under the terms of the w:Treaty of San Francisco, Allied forces confiscated all overseas assets owned by the Japanese government, firms, organization and private citizens, in all colonized or occupied countries. The photographic assets (including copyright) related to the surrender ceremony were likely seized by the Allied forces and ownership of the copyright transfered to the British colonial authorities.
English: Under the argument that the copyright of the photographs were not seized as an overseas asset of the Japanese government, Japanese law related to photographs may apply. Under Japanese law, the photo would be in the public domain.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This photograph is in the public domain in Japan because its copyright has expired according to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan (English translation) and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970. This is when the photograph meets one of the following conditions:
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English: Photographs of the surrender ceremony were published in Singapore in 1942. As such, it could be argued that Singaporean law applies to the copyright. Under Singaporean law the photo entered the public domain 70 years after publication.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
This work formerly enjoyed copyright in Singapore but is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Copyright Act (Cap. 63) of Singapore:
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copyright has expired if ...
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it was taken before 10 April 1987, and 70 years have passed since the end of the calendar year in which the photograph was taken (that is, it was first taken in or before 1953)
it was taken on or after 10 April 1987, and 70 years have passed since the end of the calendar year in which the photograph was first published
sections 28(6), 212
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