The composition of coats of arms are generally public domain with respect to copyright laws, and may be reproduced freely.
This corresponds to the international traditional usage, and is explicitly stated in some national copyright laws. Some compositions, of more recent origin, may be copyrighted.
This is not a valid license as such, being a "public domain" statement for the coat of arms definition only. It must be completed with the copyright tag associated to the picture creation.
Please note that this applies only to the coat of arms definition (composition / description). The representation of a coat of arms is an artistic creation, subject as such to copyright laws.
Restriction of use - Legal notice: Most of the time, the usage of coats of arms is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the status of the depiction shown here. A coat of arms represents its owner. Though it can be freely represented, it cannot be appropriated, or used in such a way as to create a confusion with or a prejudice to its owner.
Usage on Commons: Please provide licence information for the coat of arm representation, information for the author of the picture, and the source if not self-made work.
Lan honek erregistraturiko marken legepean egon daitekeen materiala eduki dezake. Eduki hau erabili baino lehenago, dagokion legepean erabiltzeko eskubidea duzula ziurta ezazu. Beste erregistraturiko marka bat urratzen ez duzula ziurtatzen zu zara arduradun bakarra. Ikus Lege oharra. Etiketa honek ez du lan honen copyright egoera adierazten. Copyright etiketa normal bat beharrezkoa da. Ikus Commons:Lizentzien inguruan informazio gehiagorako.
This text document, published by the United Nations without a copyright notice, was left in the public domain in order to disseminate "as widely as possible the ideas (contained) in the United Nations Publications" (detail). It falls into one of the following categories outlined in Administrative Instruction ST/AI/189/Add.9/Rev.2 (paragraph 2):
Official records (proceedings of conferences, verbatim and summary records, periodic supplements, compilations of resolutions, etc.)
Public information material designed primarily to inform the public about United Nations activities (not including material that is offered for sale)
See Also: {{PD-US-no notice-UN}} to be used by document of the United Nations published in the United States prior to 17 September 1987 and {{PD-UN-map}} for UN maps.
Irudi honek bandera, armarri, zigilu edo bestelako entseina ofizial bat erakusten du. Sinbolo hauen erabilpena mugatuta dago herrialde askotan. Muga hauek egile eskubideekiko independienteak dira.
Article 2 of Japanese copyright law defines that a work is eligible for copyright when it is a production in which thoughts or sentiments are expressed in a creative way and which falls within the literary, scientific, artistic or musical domain. Japanese courts have decided that to be copyrightable, a text logo needs to have artistic appearance that is worth artistic appreciation. Logos composed merely of geometric shapes and texts are also not copyrightable in general. See COM:CRT/Japan#Threshold of originality for more information.