Bu çalışma ABD'de veya yazarın yaşamının sona ermiş olmasından 70 veya daha fazla süre geçtiğinde bu duruma uygun telif yasaları olan tüm ülkelerde kamu malıdır.
Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
Sri Lankan folklore:Perpetual copyright. Permission to make any work derived from folklore must be sought from the Minister in charge of the subject of Culture. This right is claimed worldwide. Works falling in this category are considered unfree on Commons and are not allowed.
Official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature:No copyright.
Audiovisual work:70 years from the date on which the work was first published, or, if unpublished, 70 years from the making of the work.
Anonymous works:70 years from the date on which the work was first published.
Applied art:25 years from the date of the making of the work.
Any other type of work:70 years after death of author, or in the case of works of joint authorship, 70 years after the death of the last surviving author.