Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory/Afghanistan
As "Taliban government" is back...
[edit]Are there any reports that the copyright protection rules are changed by Taliban or not? Anyway, should I change the flag used on top-right to File:Flag of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.svg? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 22:29, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Aymatth2: Fyi. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 08:29, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Liuxinyu970226: See w:en:Talk:Afghanistan#New RFC in the light of the new government announcement. The consensus there is that the new de-facto government is in control, so we should change the flag, which would be consistent with افغانستان and w:en:Afghanistan. But until they announce changes to their copyright laws, we should assume the current laws remain in effect. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:33, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
Flag
[edit]@4nn1l2: This discussion seems to have so far established that there are uses for both flags on Commons, with matters of external relations and international law best represented by the IRA flag. It doesn't make much sense to use the IEA flag here when the page is about the IRA copyright law and any new copyright law promulgated by the Islamic Emirate will not be recognized under international law. Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely a proponent of using the IEA flag to represent Afghanistan domestically (as you can see in the discussion), but I just don't think it makes sense here. ― Tartan357 Talk 01:37, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
Statement by the Taliban on respecting copyright
[edit]The Taliban has issued a vague statement on the copyright law of the Islamic Emirate. For the most part, they have defaulted to keeping the laws of the former government in place, and it has typically been safe to assume that a change has only occurred if they explicitly state one. So this may not reflect any change at all. And even if it did, I'm not sure this page should be updated since the Islamic Emirate is not a subject of international law. But I'm adding the statement here for discussion purposes:
- No one authorized to copy, reproduce or violate copyright without consent of author
LAGHMAN, May 18 – Maulana Abdul Noor Rasooli, the director of Information & Culture made visits to a number of publishing companies, xerox copy centers, and digital print shops in Mehtarlam city, the capital of Laghman province.
Mr. Rasooli instructed the publishers, and others responsible for publishing and printing in Mehtarlam city, saying no one can publish or copy or reproduce a piece of text, magazines, books, etc. Without the prior permission of the publisher, author, or as expressly permitted by the law, or by license.
Failure to comply with this will result in legal action.
― Tartan357 Talk 01:12, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Pinging previous talk page participants: Liuxinyu970226, Aymatth2, 4nn1l2. ― Tartan357 Talk 01:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- This seems to confirm that the existing law remains in force. WIPO still shows the 2008 law as the main law. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:38, 24 May 2022 (UTC)