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It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication or (if unpublished) making;
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It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author).
It is a work made or published before November 14, 1972. By virtue of the Act No. 3134 (1924) and the Memorandum Circular No. 021-2023 which provides for non-retroactivity of any copyright extension that has occurred since 1972:
It is a work with registered copyright and this copyright was not renewed, and 30 years have passed since the year of its copyright registration;
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It is a work in which its copyright registration was renewed, and 50 years have passed since the death of the author.
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This non-U.S. work was published 1931 or later, but is in the public domain in the United States because either
it was simultaneously published (within 30 days) in the U.S. and in its source country and is in the public domain in the U.S. as a U.S. work (no copyright registered, or not renewed),
or
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days) and
it was first published before 1978 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities or after 1978 without copyright notice and
it was in the public domain in its home country on the URAA date ( January 1, 1996 for most countries).
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