Anonymous works, photographs, cinematographic works, sound recordings, government works, and works of corporate authorship or of international organizations enter the public domain 60 years after the date on which they were first published, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (i.e. as of 2024, works published prior to 1 January 1964 are considered public domain).
Posthumous works (other than those above) enter the public domain after 60 years from publication date, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year.
Any kind of work other than the above enters the public domain 60 years after the author's death (or in the case of a multi-author work, the death of the last surviving author), counted from the beginning of the following calendar year.
Text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports are free from copyright.
The Indian Copyright Act, 1957 is not retroactive, so any work in which copyright did not subsist when it commenced did not have its copyright restored, and is in the public domain per the Copyright Act 1911.
Вы таксама мусіце пазначыць адзін з цэтлікаў грамадзкага набытку ў ЗША, каб падкрэсьліць, чаму гэты твор у Злучаных Штатах лічыцца грамадзкім набыткам.
Зьвярніце ўвагу, што гэты твор можа ня быць у грамадзкім набытку ў краінах, дзе не прымяняецца правіла карацейшага тэрміну і тэрмін дзеяньня аўтарскіх правоў большы за 60 гадоў ад сьмерці аўтара. У прыватнасьці, у Мэксыцы ён складае 100 гадоў, на Ямайцы — 95, у Калюмбіі — 80, у Гватэмале і Самоа — 75, у Швайцарыі і ЗША — 70.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Індыя) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanation on Non-U.S. copyrights. This template applies to works first published in India. For anonymous works, photographs, cinematographic works, government works, works of corporate authorship or of international organizations, and posthumous works (other than those above), this template applies to works published before January 1, 1941, and for any other kind of work, this template applies if the author died before January 1, 1941. Please also note that this template should not be used for sound recordings.