Template:Out of copyright in/doc

This template is to be used for images which are out of copyright in the United States but not yet out of copyright in their home country. English Wikipedia policy allows for these images to be hosted because its servers are in the United States. However, these images must not be transferred to commons until they are public domain in their home country.

Usage

• {{Out of copyright in|PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR}}

The parameter PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR is the year in which the media becomes public domain in the home country, and is mandatory.

Whenever this template is transcluded, if the PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR is in the future (for example: {{Out of copyright in|9999}}) then the template box will display the following:

This file will not be in the public domain in its home country until January 1, 9999 and should not be transferred to Wikimedia Commons until that date, as Commons requires that images be free in the source country and in the United States.

However, if the PUBLIC_DOMAIN_YEAR is in the past (for example: {{Out of copyright in|2026}}) then the template will display the following:

This image was uploaded when it was in copyright in its home country. However, it is now believed the image fell out of copyright on January 1, 2026. Please confirm the details, and if it seems correct, move this image to Wikimedia Commons.

This is a candidate to be copied to Wikimedia Commons. Freely licensed or public domain media are more accessible to other Wikimedia projects if placed on Commons. Any user may perform this move—please see Moving files to the Commons for more information.

Please thoroughly review the copyright status of this file and ensure that it is actually eligible for transfer to Commons. If you are concerned that this file could have problems with its attribution information and/or copyright status, then remove this notice and DO NOT transfer it to Commons. By transferring this file to Commons, you acknowledge you have read this message and are willing to accept any and all consequences for inappropriate transfers. Repeat violators will be blocked from editing.

If you have checked the file and it is OK to move to Commons add "|human=username" to the template so other users can see it has been checked and can help you copy the file to Commons.

If the file has already been moved to Commons, then consider nominating the file for deletion or changing the template to {{Now Commons}}

If the file can't be moved to Commons because it doesn't fit Commons' scope, then use {{Do not move to Commons|reason=Why it can't be moved to Commons}}

If you think that a local copy of this file should be kept, then use {{Keep local}}. Consider using {{Keep local|reason=Why the English Wikipedia needs a local copy}}

Please ensure that the file has a properly descriptive and unambiguous name before moving it to Commons. See here when to rename a file.

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Copy to Commons: via wmfLabs CommonsHelper

See also

• Category:Transwiki templates
• {{Do not move to Commons}}
• {{Duplicate}}
• {{Keep local}}
• {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
• {{Now Commons}}