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Already PD US

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This is a list of foreign films already in the public domain in the US because of the usual 95-year expiration, but are copyrighted still in their country of origin. These films may still be added to Wikisource if their video files are uploaded here, but the videos cannot be added to Commons.

The rare cases of films having never been published, or having been published anonymously/pseudonymously, etc., may also apply to items in this list.

19th century
(unknown, but 1900s) 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
(unknown, but 1910s) 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
(unknown, but 1920s PD US) 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925

Not PD US

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These films are still copyrighted in the United States. Their video files should not yet be uploaded anywhere on WMF sites, as it is probably illegal, and their transcriptions should not be added to Wikisource until their copyrights expire. Some items in this list will still be copyrighted for decades to come, while others will lose their copyrights relatively soon.

Some users will create and proofread transcriptions of films in this list, and save them on their local storage, to await the year of their release into the public domain. This will allow for films to be added to this site very soon after their copyright expires.

(unknown, but 1920s) 1926 1927 1928 1929
(unknown, but 1930s) 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
(unknown, but 1940s) 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
(unknown, but 1950s) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
(unknown, but 1960s) 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
(unknown, but 1970s) 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
(unknown, but 1980s) 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
(unknown, but 1990s) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
(unknown, but 2000s) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009