File:Yamashita and Percival discuss surrender terms.jpg

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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.
日本語: 1942年2月15日、シンガポール。山下奉文中将と降伏交渉を行うパーシバル中将
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This photograph HU 2770 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 5707-03)
Author

Unknown authorUnknown author, Japanese official photographer

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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.
Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

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Japanese law

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 domain
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:
  1. It was published before 1 January 1957.
  2. It was photographed before 1 January 1947.
It is also in the public domain in the United States because its copyright in Japan expired by 1970 and was not restored by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
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  • If the photograph was also published in the United States within 30 days after publication in Japan, it might be copyrighted. If the copyright has not expired in the U.S, this file will be deleted. See Commons:Hirtle chart.
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Singaporean law

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 domain 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:
for a ... copyright has expired if ... pursuant to ...
photograph
  • 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
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current12:48, 28 December 2019Thumbnail for version as of 12:48, 28 December 20191,346 × 843 (123 KB)ArtanisenHigh resolution and bigger version of the same photo.
10:20, 17 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 10:20, 17 March 2006698 × 453 (57 KB)W.wolny

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