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This template categorises Author namespace pages into Category:Author-PD-old-US and all other pages into Category:PD-old-US.
Works first published after 2002 are in the public domain in the United States 70 years after the death of author.[1]
Usage
[edit]{{PD-old-US|year of author's death}}
This template is to be used when the author has died more than 70 years previously and the work was not published until January 1, 2003 or later.
Adding the year of the author's death is recommended but optional.
See also
[edit]Please note, there is also the {{PD-posthumous}} tag for posthumous works.
References
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