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Copyright status of government images in Portugal (14nov2013)

Hi, apologies for posting in English and I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I'm wondering if anyone can help me with information about the copyright status of images taken and distributed by the Portugese government. It's about photographs that were taken by the Policia Judiciaria during their inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007. The police file was released to the public on DVD by the Ministério Público in 2008, and it included these images that the police took of the apartment she went missing from. I would like to upload them to Commons for use in the various articles about her.

Does anyone know what the copyright status of these images would be, or know someone who might know? I asked here on Commons:Village pump/Copyright and was told this is Portugal's copyright law, but I can't see whether government files are mentioned in it. Any advice or pointers would be really helpful. Best wishes, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 13h32min de 14 de novembro de 2013 (UTC)[responder]