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This is because according to Law of 22 April 1941 n. 633, revised by the law of 22 May 2004, n. 128 article 11, copyright in works created and published under the name and at the expense of the State shall belong to the State. According to article 29, the duration of the rights belonging to the State shall be twenty years from first publication, whatever the form in which publication was effected.
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between 1939 and 1944
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Source
Photo by an unknown serviceman of the Regia Marina.
Author
unknown serviceman of the Regia Marina
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The country of origin of this photograph is Italy. It is in the public domain there because its copyright term has expired. According to Law for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights n.633, 22 April 1941 and later revisions, images of people or of aspects, elements and facts of natural or social life, obtained with photographic process or with an analogue one, including reproductions of figurative art and film frames of film stocks (Art. 87) are protected for a period of 20 years from creation (Art. 92). This provision shall not apply to photographs of writings, documents, business papers, material objects, technical drawings and similar products (Art. 87). Italian law makes an important distinction between "works of photographic art" and "simple photographs" (Art. 2, § 7). Photographs that are "intellectual work with creative characteristics" are protected for 70 years after the author's death (Art. 32 bis), whereas simple photographs are protected for a period of 20 years from creation.
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2007-12-21 16:34 Binksternet 696×407× (54111 bytes) Camouflaged [[Regia Marina]] [[MAS boat]] in the Mediterranean. ==Source== Photo by an unknown serviceman of the Regia Marina ==Licensing== {{PD-ItalyGov}}
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MAS 500 della Regia Marina italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale