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This template adds the Images published abroad that are in the public domain in the United States category.
IMPORTANT FEATURE
Using
{{PD-US-expired-abroad|out_of_copyright_in=YEAR}}
will automatically ask mark the image as eligible to be moved to Commons at the appropriate time. Remember that copyright expires at the start of the year after. For instance, an author who died in 1954 in a country with a copyright term of life + 70 years goes out of copyright - not 70 years after their date of death, in 2024, but on January 1, 2025.
Example of usage:
{{PD-US-expired-abroad|out_of_copyright_in=2025}}
For an author who died in 1954 in a life+70 country.
Alternative, shorter usage:
{{PD-US-expired-abroad|2025}}
Same circumstances.
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Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
PD in source country | pdsource | Set to any value to indicate that the work is already in the public domain in the source country as well.
| Line | optional |
out of copyright in year | out_of_copyright_in 1 | If the work is not in the public domain in the source country at the time the template is placed (or edited), set this parameter to the year when it enters the public domain. The template will indicate the file is in the public domain in the source country from that year on.
| Number | suggested |
suppress move to Commons | suppress | Set to "yes" to suppress "move to Commons" message (appears when "out of copyright in" year comes).
| Line | optional |
suppress do not move to Commons | suppress do not move | Set to any value to suppress "do not move to Commons" message (appears when neither "PD in source country" nor "out of copyright in" is given).
| Line | optional |