Марко Мурат - Александар Обреновић, 1895, Marko Murat

Picture: aleksandar obrenović author: marko murat (1864-1944) photographed by: branko d. Todorovic the picture is in the public domain because until july 27, 1999, a law was in force in croatia according to which copyright was valid for the lifetime of the author and 50 years after his death, which means that this picture passed into the public domain on january 1, 1995. In the meantime, a new law was passed according to which the period of copyright protection was increased from 50 to 70 years after the author's death, but the law does not apply retroactively to works that were already in the public domain at the time of its enactment. The author spent part of his life in serbia. Until 2004, a law was in force in serbia according to which the author's property rights were protected during the author's lifetime and 50 years after his death, so according to the laws of serbia, the work passed into public ownership on january 1, 1995.