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Licensing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements: it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days), it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States, it was in the public domain in its home country (Guatemala) on the URAA date (1 January 1996). For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.

Guatemala decree No. 33-98: copyright lay/Decreto 33-98, Ley de derechos de autor

English: TITLE II: COPYRIGHT Chapter V: Protection period

ARTICLE 49: The State or its public entities, municipalities, and the universities and other educational institutions of the country, will enjoy the copyright protection that this law stipulates, but, when they are declared beneficiaries of the copyright and they do not use that right within five year, starting from the respective declaration, the item will go into the public domain. (NOTE: in the case of president Arbenz, he was deposed in 1954 by a coup d'état and his successor did not follow up on the five year window; therefore, the picture is now in the public domain).

TITLE IV: PROTECTION LIMITATION Unique chapter

ARTICLE 64. Regarding the already published items, they can be reproduced without author permission when:

b) The item is reproduced individually by a library or archive that does not have a business goal, when the time is in its permanent collection, with the intent to keep that item and change it in case of need, or when it will be used in the permanent collection of another library or archive, when the item has been lost, destroyed or became unusable, provided it is not possible to acquire the item in a reasonable time period.(Note: Wikipedia is a permanent archive therefore this protection limitation applies on this item).

Spanish: El decreto 33-88 del Congreso de la República de Guatemala establece lo siguiente:

TITULO II: DERECHOS DE AUTOR Capítulo V: Plazo de protección

ARTICULO 49. El Estado o sus entidades públicas, las municipalidades, así como las universidades y demás establecimientos de educación del país, gozarán de la protección que establece esta ley, pero, cuando fueren declarados herederos del derecho de autor y no hicieren uso del mismo en el plazo de cinco años, contados a partir de la declaratoria respectiva, la obra pasará al dominio público.

TITULO IV: LIMITACIONES A LA PROTECCION Capítulo único

ARTICULO 64. Respecto de las obras ya divulgadas también es permitida, sin autorización del autor:

b) La reproducción individual de una obra por bibliotecas o archivos que no tengan fines de lucro, cuando el ejemplar se encuentre en su colección permanente, con el objeto de preservar dicho ejemplar y sustituirlo en caso de necesidad, o bien para sustituir un ejemplar similar, en la colección permanente de otra biblioteca o archivo, cuando éste se haya extraviado, destruido o inutilizado, siempre que no resulte posible adquirir el ejemplar en plazo o condiciones razonables.

References

Congreso de la República de Guatemala (1998) Decreto No. 33-98: Ley de derecho de autor y derechos conexos Retrieved on March 14, 2015.