Template:PD-old-auto-record-expired

Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country. PD-US-record-expiredPublic domain sound recording in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-old-auto-record-expired Not all audio files are "sound recordings". Sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work are not sound recordings under U.S. copyright law. Use this template's equivalent, {{PD-US-expired}}, for works that are not sound recordings.

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This template is for use with sound recordings only. It is like {{PD-old-auto}} except it also indicates the sound recording was first published before 1924, and so is also in the public domain in the United States. Under Title II (Classics Protection and Access) of the Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act, which was signed into law on October 11, 2018, sound recordings that were first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 are protected from unauthorized use in the United States as follows:

• Recordings that were first published prior to 1924 are in the public domain.
• Recordings that were first published between 1924 and 1946 are protected for a period of 100 years after first publication.
• Recordings that were first published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for a period of 110 years after first publication.
• Recordings that were published after 1956 and first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 will enter the public domain on February 15, 2067.

Note that sound recordings that were first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 are a special case under US copyright law and are not subject to the same formalities as other works. In particular, the terms of protection given above for pre-1972 recordings apply regardless of whether a recording was published with a copyright notice, or whether a recording was registered with the US Copyright Office, or whether a recording's rights were renewed.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:PD Old auto: no death date if required "deathyear" is missing

Usage

{{PD-old-auto-record-expired |deathyear= }}

Template parameters

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This template is for use with sound recordings only. This template is like {{PD-old-auto}} except it also indicates the sound recording was first published before 1924, and so is also in the public domain in the United States.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
death year	deathyear year 1	Year of author's death.	Number	required

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Relies on:

• {{Years since}}
• {{PD-old-X-record-expired}}
• {{PD-US-record-expired}}

Example

{{PD-old-auto-record-expired|deathyear=1920}}

renders as:

The author died in 1920, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. Not all audio files are "sound recordings". Sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work are not sound recordings under U.S. copyright law. Use this template's equivalent, {{PD-old-100-expired}}, for works that are not sound recordings.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse

See also

• Template:PD-US-record-expired
• Template:PD-old-auto-1996
• Template:PD-old-auto-unpublished
• Template:PD-old-auto
• List all templates named PD-old-*

Localization

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch|}}" construct. It takes the form "|xx= Your translation " (xx being the code of your language)

Translation done through Template:PD-old-text, Template:PD-US-record-expired-text, and Template:Sound recording warning.