Official term
No Copyright: Other Known Legal Restrictions
The item is in the public domain, but a known non-copyright law restricts reuse, such as a cultural-heritage or traditional-cultural-expression protection.
Version 1.0
Open the official termFor visitors
Copyright does not restrict the work, but another identified law does. Read that restriction before reusing the work.
Museum practice
These readings describe how the Museum normally presents, studies, publishes, and cares for a lawfully acquired work. The exact rights record, artist agreements, and applicable law continue to govern each object.
- Display the work
Contextual museum use
Copyright does not bar display. The Museum identifies and follows the privacy, publicity, cultural, data-protection, trademark, export, or other legal restriction that remains.
- Publish online
Contextual museum use
A collection page and preview may be published when the named non-copyright restriction permits it, with that restriction explained to visitors.
- Publish in print
Contextual museum use
Scholarly and print use may proceed when the identified law permits it or an exception applies. Copyright clearance itself is unnecessary.
- Make preservation copies
Contextual museum use
The Museum may preserve the work while respecting confidentiality, cultural, security, data-protection, and export limits.
- Share an adaptation
Contextual museum use
Adaptation is available on copyright grounds, subject to the specific non-copyright restriction recorded for the work.
- Make commercial use
Contextual museum use
Commercial reuse needs no copyright clearance, yet the named privacy, publicity, cultural, trademark, contract, or other restriction may still control it.
What the Museum can do
- Identify the public-domain status and link to the specific law or restriction that still governs use.
Conditions
- Name and link to the known legal restriction.
What remains outside the term
- A general concern or customary preference is not enough; the statement is for a known legal restriction.
Exact English legal code
This entry is a status, mark, or case description rather than a public license. Its official definition is linked above.