This work is in the public domain in Nepal because its copyright protection has expired or it is exempted from copyright by virtue of the Copyright Act, 2059 (2002) (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:
It is an anonymous work or pseudonymous work and 50 years (before 1 January 1974) have passed since the date of its publication
It is a work created on payment of remuneration at the initiation or direction of any person or organization and 50 years (before 1 January 1974) have passed since the date of its publication
It is a photographic work or work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year the work was created (ie. as of 2024, works published prior to 1 January 1999 are considered public domain).
It is another kind of work, and 50 years (before 1 January 1974) have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
It is a "court judgement or administrative decision"
This non-U.S. work was published 1929 or later, but is in the public domain in the United States because either
it was simultaneously published (within 30 days) in the U.S. and in its source country and is in the public domain in the U.S. as a U.S. work (no copyright registered, or not renewed),
or
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days) and
it was first published before 1978 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities or after 1978 without copyright notice and
it was in the public domain in its home country on the URAA date ( January 1, 1996 for most countries).
This work may still be copyrighted in other countries.
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Note: in addition to this statement, there must be a statement on this page explaining why the work is in the public domain in the U.S. (for the first case) or why it was PD on the URAA date in its source country (second case). Additionally, there must be verifiable information about previous publications of the work.
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