• It is a photograph or work of applied art and 50 years have passed since the date of its creation (created prior to January 1, 1976) or it was published prior to January 1, 1987 (see {{PD-Algeria-photo-except}})
• It is a collective, pseudonymous, anonymous, posthumous or audiovisual work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication (published prior to January 1, 1976)
• It is another type of work and 50 years have elapsed since the the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) (author died prior to January 1, 1976)

In order to be hosted on Commons, all works must be in the public domain in the United States as well as in their source country. The copyright of all Algerian photographs and works of applied art published prior to 1948 had expired in Algeria on the date of restoration (April 19, 1998)^[1] pursuant to the provisions of Article 60 of the defunct Ordinance No. 97-10 of 6 March 1997 which was in effect at the time. Such works are thus currently in the public domain in the United States.^[2]

1. ↑ Circular 38a: International Copyright Relations of the United States (English) (PDF; 217 kB) 2. United States Copyright Office (March 2009). Retrieved on 2010-03-05.
2. ↑ 17 U.S.C., § 104A (English).

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Although the 1973 ordinance was abrogated by Article 166 of Ordinance No. 97–10 of 6 March 1997, which was itself abrogated by Article 163 of the currently applicable Ordinance No. 03–05 of 19 July 2003, this did not lead to a renewal of the copyright of photographs which had already fallen into the public domain, because both the 1997 and the 2003 ordinances contained transitional provisions explicitly disallowing retroactive protection of out-of-copyright works.

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Algerian photographs taken before 1976 (50 years ago) but not published before 1987 are currently in the public domain in Algeria but not in the United States as they were still copyrighted on the date of restoration. Photographs whose copyright was restored in the U.S. by the URAA are no longer accepted at Wikimedia Commons.