It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and it was made available to the public before 1962 or 95 years have passed since the date it was made available to the public
It is a sound recording, film, broadcasts or cable programme and 95 years have passed since the date it was made available to the public (or creation, whatever date is the latest)
it is a work created by an employee, the copyright is owned by the employer, and 95 years have passed since it was created
It is another kind of work, and the author (or last-surviving author) died before 1962 or 95 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country on the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.