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This page provides an overview of copyright rules of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) relevant to uploading works into Wikimedia Commons. Note that any work originating in Ivory Coast must be in the public domain, or available under a free license, in both Ivory Coast and the United States before it can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. If there is any doubt about the copyright status of a work from Ivory Coast, refer to the relevant laws for clarification.

Background

The Côte d'Ivoire, or Ivory Coast, became a protectorate of France in 1843 and was consolidated as a French colony in 1893. The country achieved independence in 1960.

Ivory Coast has been a member of the Berne Convention since 1 January 1962, the Bangui Agreement since 7 February 1982 and the World Trade Organization since 1 January 1995.[1]

As of 2018 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, listed Law No. 2016-555 of July 26, 2016, on Copyright and Related Rights as the main copyright law enacted by the legislature of Ivory Coast.[1] WIPO holds the text of this law in their WIPO Lex database.[2] This replaced Law No 96-564 of 25 July 1996 on the protection of intellectual works and the rights of authors, performers and producers of sound and video.[3] The 2016 law abrogated any previous provisions contrary to those of the 2016 law, and in particular abrogated Law No. 96-564 of 25 July 1996.[2016-555 Article 151]

General rules

Under the 1996 law, copyright in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) lasted for 99 years after the death of the author for works published within the lifetime of the author, and 99 years from publication for photographic or audiovisual works or works of applied art; anonymous or pseudonymous works; and posthumous works. Ivory Coast had the rule of the shorter term.[96-564 Article 45]

Under the 2016 law these durations were dropped down to 70 years.[2016-555 Section 5]:

  • Economic rights in a work last during the life of author. At the death of the author, they persist for the benefit of his successors during the current calendar year and the next seventy years.[2016-555 Article 47].
  • Economic rights in a collaborative work persist in the calendar year of the death of the last survivor of the co-authors and the 70 years that follow.[2016-555 Article 48]
  • Economic rights in an anonymous or under a pseudonymous work last for 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was lawfully made available to the public. If not published in this period, the rights last for 70 years from completion of the work.[2016-555 Article 49]
  • For posthumous works, the duration of the exclusive rights is 70 years after death. For posthumous works disclosed after the expiry of this period, the duration of the exclusive right is 25 years from the first of January of the calendar year following that of the publication.[2016-555 Article 50]
  • Economic rights in a collective work or an audiovisual work last for 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which such work was published, made available to the public, or created, whichever is longest.[2016-555 Article 51]
  • Economic rights in a work of applied arts last for 25 years from the end of the year during which the work was disclosed.[2016-555 Article 52]

Works not protected

Protection does not extend to ideas, methods, procedures, concepts or information; official texts of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature, nor to their official translations; simple data and facts.[2016-555 Article 10]

Public domain: not free

At the expiry of the periods of protection, the right to exploit works, interpretations, audiovisual fixations, phonograms or videograms in the public domain is administered by the empowered collective management organization.[2016-555 Article 124] Public performance and reproduction of the works in the public domain require an authorization from this organization. Authorization in the case of for-profit use is granted on payment of a royalty.[2016-555 Article 125] Works, performances, phonograms or videograms or audiovisual fixations not subject to protection shall be collected by the authorized collective management organizations.[2016-555 Article 126] The proceeds of the royalty shall be deposited, after deduction of the management costs, into a special fund managed by the empowered collective management organization that is devoted to cultural and social purposes for the benefit of Ivorian authors, performers and producers.[2016-555 Article 127]

Traditional cultural expressions: not free

Traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) are productions of characteristic elements of the traditional artistic heritage developed and perpetuated by a community or individuals presumed to be Ivorian nationals, recognized as meeting the expectations of that community and including all literary and artistic production, including folk tales, folk poetry, popular songs and instrumental music, folk dances and performances, and artistic expressions of folk art rituals and productions.[2016-555 Article 1] TCEs are part of the national heritage.[2016-555 Article 46] The right to exploit TCEs is administered by the empowered collective management organization. Public performance and reproduction of TCEs for profit-making purposes requires authorization from the empowered agency. This authorization is granted on payment of a fee.[2016-555 Article 128]

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  • {{PD-Cote d'Ivoire}} The copyright term is generally 70 years after the author's death or 70 years after publication.

Freedom of panorama

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  • The author can not prohibit ... reproduction by audiovisual means and public communication by cable or by any other means, of works of graphic or plastic art, photographic works, and works of architecture placed permanently in a public place and including the inclusion in the audiovisual work, where such reproduction is only accessory or incidental to the main subject.[2016-555 Article 27]

Citations

  1. a b Côte d'Ivoire Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights). Côte d'Ivoire (2016). Retrieved on 2019-03-05.
  2. Law No. 2016-555 of July 26, 2016, on Copyright and Related Rights. Côte d'Ivoire (2016). Retrieved on 2018-11-04.
  3. Loi no. 96-564 du 25 juillet 1996 (1996). Retrieved on 2018-11-06.
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