• A work with a known author for which the author died more than 50 years ago.
• A work of joint authorship for which the longest-lived of the joint authors died more than 50 years ago.
• An anonymous work that was first published more than 50 years ago, or an anonymous work that was not published and which was created more than 50 years ago.
• A collective work or a computer program that was first published more than 50 years ago.
• A collective work or a computer program that was not published and which was created more than 50 years ago.
• A photograph that was first published or publicly displayed more than 50 years ago.
• A photograph that was not published or publicly displayed and which was created more than 50 years ago.
• An audiovisual work that was first published or presented more than 70 years ago.
• An audiovisual work that was not published or presented and which was created more than 70 years ago.
• A phonogram (sound recording) that was created more than 50 years ago.

Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Dominican origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) and which were under copyright in the Dominican Republic on January 1, 1996 may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the URAA.[1]

この著作物がアメリカ合衆国においてパブリックドメインの状態にあることを示すために、アメリカ合衆国のPDタグも貼る必要があります。 この著作物は、相互主義が適用されず、著作権の保護期間が著作者の没後50年以上の国においては、パブリックドメインの状態にはない可能性があります。例えば、メキシコは100年、ジャマイカは95年、コロンビアは80年、グアテマラとサモアは75年、スイスとアメリカ合衆国は70年、ベネズエラは60年です。