Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Dutch Caribbean
The Dutch Caribbean consists of the islands in the Caribbean Sea that are associated with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Some are autonomous countries and others are municipalities of the Netherlands.
In 1845 all the Dutch Caribbean islands became part of a colony called Curaçao and Dependencies. In 1954 they became the Netherlands Antilles, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a separate constituent country. In 2010 the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became autonomous constituent countries within the Kingdom, and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba became special municipalities of the Netherlands.
Copyright differs in these regions from the Netherlands. Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba are part of the Netherlands, but are not part of the European Union. Their copyright act (Auteurswet BES) has not harmonised with the various directives of the European Union. Notably they have a duration of 50 year PMA (article 38, Auteurswet BES), not 70 year PMA like the Netherlands that is part of the EU.
Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten have their own copyright act, since becoming independent countries within the Kingdom. They also maintain 50 years PMA instead of 70 years PMA.
See also
[edit]- Category:Dutch Caribbean
- Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Aruba
- Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Curaçao
- Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Sint Maarten
- Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Netherlands