Template:PD

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Template for labelling public domain media.

Usage

The template has three parameters: {{PD|reason|author|attribution}}

1. Optional — the reason why this work is in the public domain. One of the following:
   • author — the work has been released into the public domain by its author. The second parameter must be used to specify the name of the author.
   • user — same as the above, but the author is a Citizen. The second parameter must be the Citizen's username.
   • old — any copyright on the work has expired.
   • ineligible — the work is not eligible for copyright.
   • usgov — a work of the US government (a special case of the above).
2. Required if the first parameter is author or user — the author's name.
3. Optional — Requests or restrictions regarding re-use. One of the following:
   • request — if the source of the image requests attribution etc.
   • requirement — if somebody asserts restriction rights over the work.

Examples

{{PD}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.

{{PD|old}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

Any copyright on this work has expired.
This applies to in the European Union, the United States, Canada, and other countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.
You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.

{{PD|user|John Doe}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

This work has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, John Doe.
This applies worldwide and in perpetuity.
You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.

{{PD|author|John Doe}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

This work has been released into the public domain by its creator, John Doe.
This applies worldwide and in perpetuity.
You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.

{{PD|ineligible}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

This image is ineligible for copyright, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.
For further information see Title 37 § 202.1 of the US Code.
You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.

{{PD|usgov}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

This is a work of the United States Government, and as such is not afforded copyright protection under US law.
For further information see Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.

{{PD|old||request}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

Any copyright on this work has expired.
This applies to in the European Union, the United States, Canada, and other countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.
You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.

{{PD|usgov||restriction}}

This media, PD, is in the public domain

This is a work of the United States Government, and as such is not afforded copyright protection under US law.
For further information see Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works.