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Liberia began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and declared its independence on 26 July 1847.

Liberia has been a member of the Berne Convention since 8 March 1989 and the World Trade Organization since 14 July 2016.^[1]

As of 2018 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, listed An Act to Repeal an Act Adopting a New Copyright Law of the Republic of Liberia approved July 23, 1997; and the Industrial Property Act of Liberia approved March 20, 2003, constituting Title 24 of the Liberian Code of Laws Revised, and to enact in their stead a New Title 24 to be known as the "Liberia Intellectual Property Act, 2016" as the main IP law enacted by the legislature of Liberia.^[1] WIPO holds the text of this law in their WIPO Lex database.^[2] The Act Adopting a New Copyright Law of the Republic of Liberia, July 23, 1997 is repealed in its entirety.^{[2016 §2.1]}

Under the Liberia Intellectual Property Act, 2016,

• A literary, musical and artistic work, other than photographic work, is protected during the life of the author and for 50 years after the end of the year in which the author dies.^{[2016 §9.20(a)]}
• A work of joint authorship is protected during the life of the last surviving author and for 50 years after the end of the year in which that author dies.^{[2016 §9.20(b)]}
• An audiovisual work or sound recording is protected for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made or first made available to the public by authorized publication or by any other means, whichever date is the latest.^{[2016 §9.20(c)]}

• A broadcast is protected for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast took place.^{[2016 §9.20(d)]}
• A work published anonymously or under a pseudonym is protected for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made or first made available to the public, by authorized publication, whichever date is the latest.^{[2016 §9.20(e)]}
• A work of applied art is protected for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.^{[2016 §9.20(f)]}
• A photograph is protected for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made or first made available to the public by publication, whichever date is the latest.^{[2016 §9.20(g)]}

These terms are similar to the terms under the repealed 1996 act.

Probably   不可以. Under the Liberia Intellectual Property Act, 2016,

• The following acts shall be permitted ... for the purpose of reporting current events, the reproduction and the broadcasting or other communication to the public by means of photography, audiovisual, broadcasting or other communication of short excerpts of a work seen or heard in the course of such events, to the extent justified by the purpose.^{[2016 §9.14(c)]]}
• The fair use of a copyright work, including such use by reproduction in copies or sound recordings or by any other means, for purposes such as parody, satire, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is fair use, the factors to be considered shall include the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for educational purposes; the nature of the copyrighted work; the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the work.^{[2016 §9.8(a)]}

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