Template:PD-American Samoa

This file is in the public domain because American Samoa is outside the geographical scope of United States federal copyright law, does not have any copyright laws of its own, and it was published in American Samoa and created by an individual only a citizen/national of a non-Berne Convention country (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Marshall Islands, Palau, Somalia, Somaliland, or South Sudan). If the latter is not the case, another template showing why it is freely licensed or not protected by copyright in the rest of the United States must be provided. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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↑ "Memorandum No. 17-1" in (1993) The Application of Federal Laws in … American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2, U.S. Department of the Interior, pp. 465–473 . As the memorandum explains, the definition of "United States" in 17 U.S.C. (usually) encompasses "organized" territories but not "unorganized" ones. American Samoa is of the latter type.
↑ Local Musician Petitioning for a Copyright Law to Protect Songwriters. Samoa News (2022-06-13). Archived from the original on 2022-06-13.
↑ See VPC discussion.
↑ Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition (2021-01). 2005.3, for confirmation of this legal interpretation.
↑ Note also that this copyright situation is the same as most of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.

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[1] "Memorandum No. 17-1" in (1993) The Application of Federal Laws in … American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2, U.S. Department of the Interior, pp. 465–473 . As the memorandum explains, the definition of "United States" in 17 U.S.C. (usually) encompasses "organized" territories but not "unorganized" ones. American Samoa is of the latter type.

[2] Local Musician Petitioning for a Copyright Law to Protect Songwriters. Samoa News (2022-06-13). Archived from the original on 2022-06-13.

[3] See VPC discussion.

[4] Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition (2021-01). 2005.3, for confirmation of this legal interpretation.

[5] Note also that this copyright situation is the same as most of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.

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