This image was extracted from an image created by a third party without that party's permission. Regardless, it is not an object of copyright. The following text regarding appropriate copyright treatment is transcluded from Category:Passports:
Passport photos, while taken by a third party, are taken to government specifications and have no artistic merit that would transfer the copyright to the person operating the shutter.
Licensing
South Ossetia is recognized by most countries as a part of Georgia, and is consequently not a subject of international law. Therefore, Georgian copyright law is used in the licensing of this image.
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This work is not an object of copyright according to the Law of Georgia No. 2388-Is of September 9, 1999 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
Article 5. Subject Matter Of Copyright
Copyright does not apply to ideas, methods, processes, systems, means, concepts, principles, discoveries and facts, even if they are expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work
Article 8.Works To Which Copyright Does Not Apply
Copyright does not apply to the following works:
a) official documents (laws, decisions of courts, other texts of administrative and normative character), as well as their official translations;
b) official symbols of state (flag, emblem, anthem, award, monetary symbols, other official signs and symbols of state);
c) information of events and facts.
When using the works mentioned in subparagraph "b" of this Article under the other persons name, it is possible to protect the right of author's name.
Comment – According to interstate and international compacts, Georgia is the legal successor of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; therefore, this license tag is also applicable to official symbols and formal documents of the Georgian SSR.
Warning – This license tag cannot be applied to proposed official symbols and drafts of formal documents, which can be copyrighted.
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.
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