Editing Rider–Waite Tarot (section)

== Copyright status ==
The original version of the Rider–Waite Tarot is in the [[public domain]] in all countries that have a copyright term of 70 years or fewer after the death of the last co-author. This includes the [[United Kingdom]], where the deck was originally published.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ownership-of-copyright-works |title=Ownership of copyright works – Detailed guidance |publisher=Gov.uk |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=28 September 2016 |archive-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231104606/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ownership-of-copyright-works |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[United States]], the deck became part of the public domain in 1966 (publication + 28 years + renewed 28 years). [[U.S. Games Systems]] has a copyright claim on their updated version of the deck published in 1971, but this only applies to new material added to the pre-existing work (e.g. designs on the card backs and the box).