Se puede aceptar que esta firma no es elegible para el derecho de autor y está en el dominio público, debido a que no alcanza el nivel de originalidad requerido para la protección de los derechos de autor tanto en Estados Unidos como en el país de origen (si es de otro país). En este caso, se afirma que el país de origen (el país de la nacionalidad del sujeto de la firma) es Rumania.
Nótese que esto no se puede aplicar a todas las firmas, debido a que no todas las firmas están libres de derechos de autor.
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.