Template:PD-US

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Some cases where this template may apply are listed below. You may consider using a more specific tag.

1. Works published in the U.S. before 1931. See {{PD-US-expired}}.
2. Works first published in 2003 or later and created by authors who died before 1956 (or created before 1906, if the author is not known). See {{PD-US-unpublished}}.
3. Works published in the U.S. between 1931 and 1977 without a copyright notice. See {{PD-US-no notice}}.
4. Works published in the U.S. between 1978 and March 1, 1989, without a copyright notice, and where the copyright was not later registered. See {{PD-US-1989}}
5. Works published in the U.S. between 1931 and 1963 with a copyright notice but without later copyright renewal. See {{PD-US-not renewed}}.
6. Works published outside the U.S. before 1931, except possibly in the 9th Circuit, then before July 1, 1909. See {{PD-US-expired-abroad}}.
7. Works published outside the U.S. between 1931 and 1977 which were in the public domain in their home countries on January 1, 1996. See {{PD-US-1996}}.

For more details and other cases, please see Wikipedia:Public domain.

For a complete list of all cases where an image is in the public domain in the United States, see [1]

This template adds images to the category Category:Images in the public domain in the United States.

See also

Text

• {{PD-notice}}

Files and images

• {{PD-because}}
• {{PD-old-100}}
• {{PD-old-70}}
• {{PD-old-auto}}
• {{PD-old-assumed}}
• {{PD-US}}
• {{PD-US-expired}}

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