Template:PD-in/doc

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Lists whether a work is public domain in multiple countries

Usage

{{PD-in |work_type= |publication= |creation= |author_death= |copyright_notice= |US_formalities= |US_published_first= |PD_URAA= |anon= |wartime= |Russia_republish= |USGov= |PD_NZ= |PD_Poland= |PD_home= }}

licence tag

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
work_type	The type of artistic work shown. Possible values: photograph (for simple non-artistic photographs) radio: for radio recordings where there is not another copyright involved (e.g., an audio recording of a public domain message). If the underlying music or message is copyrighted, use the art option instead. audio: for non-radio audio recordings without another copyright involved cinema television non-cinematic television broadcast audiovisual video not fitting into either above categories where this is not another copyright involved art (anything not fitting above definitions)		art	optional
publication	Year of first publication.		{{CURRENTYEAR}} (2024), the same as unpublished.	optional
creation	Year of creation. If before 1904, approximate year is OK.		Same as publication date.	optional
author_death	Year of author's death. If before 1924 (i.e., at least 100 years ago), approximate year is OK.		Author not yet dead.	optional
copyright_notice	if published with a copyright notice attached.		yes	optional
US_formalities	First publication before 1965: First published with copyright notice, deposit with the US copyright office, and renewal of copyright. First publication 1965-1977: First published with copyright notice, and deposit with the US copyright office. First publication 1978-1988: First published with copyright notice, or published with notice within 5 years Publication during any other time period: you can ignore this field.		yes	optional
US_published_first	If published in the United States first OR within 30 days of first publication abroad.		no	optional
PD_URAA	If public domain in the country on the URAA date.		no	optional
anon	If the work is anonymously created, or created by a corporate entity		no	optional
wartime	If the author of this work participated in one of the two world wars. Some countries grant copyright extensions for such persons.		no	optional
Russia_republish	If originally published in the Russian empire, and then republished within 30 days of 7 November 1917. Parameter is ignored if not originally published before 7 November 1917.		yes	optional
USGov	If the work was created by the US government (thus automatically public domain in the US)		no	optional
PD_NZ	Was this first published abroad (and not published in New Zealand within 30 days), and public domain in its home country on 15 Dec 1994?		no	optional
PD_Poland	Was this first published in Poland (or published in Poland within 30 days) by a Polish citizen? This value will be ignored unless it is a photograph published before 1994 with a copyright notice.		no	optional
PD_home	If public domain in the country where it was first published		no	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: In the "Permission" parameter of the {{Information}} template (or the respective parameter of similar templates) or in the "Licensing" section

Relies on:
many other templates (some are in Category:PD-in templates)

i18n: not decided yet