According to the Romanian Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Law no. 8/1996 of March 14, 1996 with further amendmentsChapter 3 Article 9 the following documents shall not benefit from the legal protection accorded to copyright:
(a) the ideas, theories, concepts, scientific discoveries, procedures, working methods, or mathematical concepts as such and inventions, contained in a work, whatever the manner of the adoption, writing, explanation or expression thereof;
(b) official texts of a political, legislative, administrative or judicial nature, and official translations thereof;
(c) official symbols of the State, public authorities and organizations, such as armorial bearings, seals, flags, emblems, shields, badges and medals;
(d) means of payment;
(e) news and press information;
(f) simple facts and data.
Also, according to Chapter 10 Article 85 Paragraph 2,
The photographs of letters, deeds, documents of any kind, technical drawings and other similar papers shall not benefit from the legal protection accorded to copyright.
Therefore this image is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide, although some of the above categories may be subject to usage restrictions within Romania.
Stema municipiului Sibiu, potrivit anexei nr. 1 la hotărâre, se compune dintr-un scut antic cu smalţul câmpului roşu.
În acest câmp se află două spade încrucişate cu vârful spre talpa scutului, de argint, cu mănunchiuri de aur, care susţin prin garda lor o coroană foliată deschisă, de aur.
Spadele străpung împletit o trinchetă foliată cu foi de tei, cu vârful spre talpa scutului, toate de aur.
Scutul este timbrat de o coroană murală cu şapte turnuri, de argint.
Semnificaţia elementelor însumate:
Spadele încrucişate cu vârful în jos semnifică, potrivit mitologiei şi uzanţei medievale, luarea în posesie a pământului, voinţa cetăţenilor de a apăra municipiul şi drepturile lor civice.
Coroana foliată, numită în heraldica transilvăneană "Corona Regia", semnifică statutul de oraş liber regal.
Smalţul roşu al scutului simbolizează autonomia locală constituţională.
Trincheta foliată, semn al unităţii treimii, semnifică solidaritatea civică.
Stema ca întreg simbolizează comunitatea sibienilor, iar aurul semnifică aspiraţia locuitorilor spre prosperitate.
Coroana murală cu şapte turnuri indică rangul de municipiu reşedinţă de judeţ.
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According to the Romanian Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Law no. 8/1996 of March 14, 1996 with further amendmentsChapter 3 Article 9 the following documents shall not benefit from the legal protection accorded to copyright:
(a) the ideas, theories, concepts, scientific discoveries, procedures, working methods, or mathematical concepts as such and inventions, contained in a work, whatever the manner of the adoption, writing, explanation or expression thereof;
(b) official texts of a political, legislative, administrative or judicial nature, and official translations thereof;
(c) official symbols of the State, public authorities and organizations, such as armorial bearings, seals, flags, emblems, shields, badges and medals;
(d) means of payment;
(e) news and press information;
(f) simple facts and data.
Also, according to Chapter 10 Article 85 Paragraph 2,
The photographs of letters, deeds, documents of any kind, technical drawings and other similar papers shall not benefit from the legal protection accorded to copyright.
Therefore this image is assumed to be in the public domain worldwide, although some of the above categories may be subject to usage restrictions within Romania.