Template:PD-Canada: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:35, 19 March 2023

This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired for one of the following reasons:

Criteria		PD in Canada if	PD in Canada on 1 January 1996 if
1.	it was subject to Crown copyright (see Template:PD-Canada-Crown)	first published before 1974,	first published before 1946, According to Public Works and Government Services Canada / Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, Canada has no intention of renewing expired Crown Copyright works in any country, and consequently the URAA does not apply. An email is on record at VRT ticket # 2013122310013986
2.	it was a photograph created before 1949	created before 1949	created before 1946
3.	it was a photograph created after 1948 — and the copyright was owned by a corporation,	created after 1948—but before 1962	N/A
4.	it was a work by an identifiable author	* created by an author who died before 1972; * for authors who die after 1971, 70 years p.m.a.; (but unpublished works by authors who died after 1948 but before 1979 will not enter the public domain until 2049),	published by an author who died before 1946
5.	where the creator is unknown	the sooner of: A. 75 years p.r., or (if published before auch term expires) the earlier of 75 years p.d. and 100 years p.r., or B. publication before 1970, or (if not published) creation before 1945 but, where the creator becomes known prior to death (where the disclosure occurs prior to the initial term's anticipated expiry), the term becomes that attributable to works by an identifiable author. In the case of joint works, copyright extends accordingly to the death of the last identifiable author.	first published before 1946

A more exhaustive listing of terms of copyright and permitted exceptions, by type of work, may be found at the Toronto Archives' Copyright guidelines for researchers

The media description page should identify which reason applies.

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This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:

if it entered the public domain in Canada prior to 1996, or
when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.
if it was subject to Crown Copyright and published before 1974

Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.

If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in Canada an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.

If the media is in the public domain in both Canada and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.

Note: If this image is in the public domain in the U.S., modify the end of the copyright tag from }} to |commons}}.
This will replace the preceding U.S. copyright notification with a nomination for this image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:PD-Canada/doc.

This template marks images that are public domain in Canada, but not necessarily in the United States.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	`1`	If the file is free in the US, use "commons". If copyright was restored in the US as of the URAA date (1 January 1996), then use "restored". Suggested values `commons` `restored`	String	optional
2	`2`	no description	Unknown	optional

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