Template:PD-US-not renewed
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (70 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation.
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Some cases where this template may apply are listed below. You may consider using a more specific tag.
- Works published in the U.S. before 1931. See {{PD-US-expired}}.
- 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 See {{PD-US-unpublished}}.
- Works published in the U.S. between 1931 and 1977 without a copyright notice. See {{PD-US-no notice}}.
- 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}}
- Works published in the U.S. between 1931 and 1963 with a copyright notice but without later copyright renewal. See {{PD-US-not renewed}}.
- Works published outside the U.S. before 1931, except possibly in the 9th Circuit, then before July 1, 1909. See {{PD-US-expired-abroad}}.
- 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
This template adds file pages to the Category:Images in the public domain in the United States and Category:PD US not renewed.
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}}