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This work is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. |
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This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less.
It is not necessarily in the public domain in the United States if published from 1923 to 1977. For a US-applicable version, see {{PD-1996}}. |
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This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less.
It is not necessarily in the public domain in the United States if published from 1923 to 1977. For a US-applicable version, see {{PD-1996}}. |
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This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less.
It is not necessarily in the public domain in the United States if published from 1923 to 1977. For a US-applicable version, see {{PD-1996}}. |
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. It may be copyrighted outside the U.S. (see Help:Public domain). |
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This work is assumed to be released into the public domain as a public manifesto or speech which is not known to be licensed.
If a work is found to be licensed, the work should be blanked and reported at Possible copyright violations. This template should only be used after a reasonable effort has been made to verify that a work is unlicensed. |
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This text is in the public domain because, according to Article 7 of the Copyright Act of South Korea, this work is not eligible for copyright. This following works are included:
- Constitution, laws, treaties, decrees, ordinances and rules;
- Notices, public notifications, directions and others similar to them issued by the state or local government;
- Judgments, decisions, orders, or rulings of courts, as well as rulings and decisions made by the administrative appeal procedures, or other similar procedures;
- Compilations or translations of works as referred to in Subparagraphs 1 to 3 which are produced by the state or local government; and
- Current news reports which transmit simple facts, and digital audio transmission
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This work is in the public domain because it is exempted by Article 6 of Macao copyright law. This exempts official governmental works and their translations from copyright, and explicitly allows copyrighted free use on any protected work therein. |
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This file is in the public domain in Russia. It was published before January 1, 1954, and the creator (if known) died before that date (For veterans of the Great Patriotic War, the critical date is January 1, 1950). Works belonging to the former Soviet government or other Soviet legal entities published before January 1st, 1954, are also public domain in Russia. (This is the effect of the retroactive Russian copyright law of 1993 and the copyright term extension from 50 to 70 years in 2004.)
In addition, a Russian or Soviet work that is in the public domain in Russia according to this rule is in the public domain in the U.S. only if it was in the public domain in Russia in 1996, e.g. if it was published before 1946 (1942 for WWII veterans) and the creator died before that year, and no copyright was registered in the U.S. (This is the combined effect of the retroactive Russian copyright law of 1993, Russia's joining the Berne Convention in 1995, and of 17 USC 104A with its critical date of January 1, 1996.)
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This work is in the public domain because it is exempted by Article 9 of the Republic of China's Copyright Act (in effect in the "Free Area"). This excludes from copyright all government and official documents and official translations, including news releases, speeches, laws, and documents. It also excludes from copyright oral and literary news reports strictly intended to communicate facts, test questions from all kinds examinations held pursuant to laws or regulations, slogans and common symbols, terms, formulas, numerical charts, forms, notebooks, or almanacs. |
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This work is in the public domain worldwide because it was prepared or published by or under the direction or control of the Canadian Government or any government department prior to 1958
Section 12 of the Canadian Copyright Act provides a reservation for Crown rights or privileges. Lack of modern case law on the subject makes it unclear whether perpetual prerogative rights over these documents still apply, or whether these rights have lapsed. Notwithstanding, these documents are reproducible under the terms of the Reproduction of Federal Law Order |
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This Swedish Government work is non-copyrightable, and in the public domain worldwide because it is:
- a law or other regulation,
- a decision by public authorities,
- a report by Swedish public authorities
- an official translations of one of the above.
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This document is reproduced under the terms of the Reproduction of Federal Law Order for enactments of the Government of Canada. This document is not an official version, and is not endorsed by the Government of Canada. As an edict of a government, this document is in the public domain in the U.S.
Canadian legislation is under Crown Copyright pursuant to Section 12 of the Copyright Act for 50 years after the year of first publication. A reservation under this section, combined with the lack of modern case law, makes it unclear whether these documents remain protected by perpetual Crown rights and privileges after the copyright term ends. |
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This legislation is reproduced under the terms of OPSI Copyright Guidance Note 6 - Reproduction of Primary and Secondary Legislation. The British Crown does not seek to "license formally, restrict usage or charge for the reproduction of the Material" and allows free use of the material provided it is not used in a "misleading or derogatory manner".
The policy set out in this Guidance Note applies to the following texts:
- Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly;
- Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland;
- Explanatory Notes to Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly;
- Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England.
- Statutory Instruments including those made by the National Assembly for Wales.
In accordance with the guidelines, any Publisher's Imprints have been removed, and it is acknowledged that this is an unofficial copy of the text.
As an edict of a government, it is in the public domain in the U.S.
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If you are uploading a relatively large collection of text, you should consider creating a new tag and sub-category for them.
Done. All you need to do is just tag your copyedited text with {{Asdf}}. All those texts will be in the Category:Asdf images which in turn would be in a sub-category of Category:Public domain.
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