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Under U.S. copyright law, the copyrights of most works generally expire 95 years after publication. The {{Not-PD-US-expired-min-year}} template is used on the Copyright law of the United States article and various public domain copyright templates (template links) to calculate 95 years ago.
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{{Not-PD-US-expired-min-year}}
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Under U.S. copyright law, works published before January 1, {{Not-PD-US-expired-min-year}}, are generally considered public domain. |
Under U.S. copyright law, works published before January 1, 1929, are generally considered public domain. |
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