Introduction

A copyright protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. The duration of copyright protection depends on several factors:

- For works created by an individual, protection lasts for the life of the author, plus 70 years.
- For works created anonymously, pseudonymously, and for hire, protection lasts 95 years from the date of publication or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever is shorter.

Une œuvre étrangère doit se trouver dans le domaine public à la fois aux États-Unis et dans son pays d'origine pour être hébergée sur Commons.

Domaine public (Public Domain = PD)

Images anciennes : les droits d'auteur ont expirés

a.1) Auteur(s) connu(s) et mort(s) depuis au moins 70 ans (Belgique, France, UK, E.U. members, etc.) (en 2020 : mort avant 1950)

{{PD-old-70-expired}} -- Les dates de décès ne sont pas toutes connues
{{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=YYYY}} -- YYYY = Date de dècès la plus récente (REQUIRED)

Voir aussi : {{PD-art}} et {{PD-scan}}.

a.2) Auteur(s) anonyme(s) ou speudoanonyme(s) et publié/créé depuis au moins 95 ans (USA) (en 2020 : avant 1925) ou depuis 70 ans (France, UK, E.U. members, etc.) (en 2020 : publié/créé avant 1970)

{{PD-anon-expired|1=YYYY}} -- YYYY = Date de publication (OPTIONAL)

Images récentes : l'auteur a décidé de mettre l'œuvre dans le domaine public

{{PD-self}} or {{CC-zero}}

For any "official act of the authorities" in Belgium

{{PD-Belgium-exempt}}

Ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain (ex. : une ancienne lettre manuscrite)

{{PD-text}}

Remarques : CC-PD-Mark est ajouté automatiquement par les modèles PD.

Certains droits réservés (Some rights reserved)

Exemple : Photos prises par moi, infographies réalisées par moi.

{{cc-by-sa-4.0}} {{cc-by-sa-4.0|John Doe}}

More about PD

For text and images:

• published or unpublished? E.g.: photo was taken, but was it published (paper, digital)?
• dates: first publication (in a given country), creation
• authors: known or unknown?, anonymous, speudodymous, collective work, for hire

The claim that "pre-1925 works are in the public domain" is correct only for published works; unpublished works are under federal copyright for at least the life of the author plus 70 years.

List of countries' copyright_lengths

(1) copyright term based on authors' deaths

(2) copyright term based on publication and creation dates

• Berne Convention signatories:

(1) Min. 50 years

(2) Min. 50 years from publication (anonymous or speudodymous works); min. 25 years from creation (photographic works)

• E.U. members:

(1) 70 years

(2) 70 years from publication or if unpublished 70 years from creation (anonymous works)

• Belgium:

(1) 70 years

• France:

(1) 70 years

(2) 70 years from publication (pseudonymous, anonymous or collective works)

• U.S.A.:

(1) 70 years (works published since 1978 or unpublished works)

(2) 95 years from publication (in 2020: 1925) or 120 years from creation (in 2020: 1900) whichever is shorter (anonymous works, pseudonymous works, or works made for hire, published since 1978)

Peintures et gravures anciennes

• Peinture: {{PD-Art|PD-old-100-1923}} ==> {{PD-art-100-expired}}
• Gravure: {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1917}}
• Photo of a PD Art: Source: {{User:Dodeeric/credits3}} ==> Cette photo a été prise par Dodeeric mais elle est dans le domaine public car c'est une reproduction photographique fidèle d'une œuvre d'art originale en deux dimensions et cette œuvre d'art elle-même est dans le domaine public.

Migrate Artwork template in Commons from local Wikicode to Wikidata item

Step 1: Create the Wikidata item

• If the Artwork template is used, but no Wikidata item exists for the artwork, you will see a little icon/button beside the title: "Create new Wikidata item with QwickStatements (QS)". (There should be only one language in the title field or else the title will not be displayed nor the QS button; in Wikidata, the title = label ≠ caption; no need to have the title field in Wikidata, because it is already using the label as title.)
• Click on the icon, and run the query (https://quickstatements.toolforge.org)
• The Wikidata item will be created with the info you put in the Artwork template (title, date, author/creator, etc.)

Step 2: Adapt the Artwork template by adding the field: wikidata = QXXXX (id generated in step 1). You can still add other fields (description, source), but it's not mandatory; remove the title statement in Wikidata (the label is used as title; see Google Bard Gemini here (Wikidata: Label vs. Title)).

{{artwork
|wikidata = Q124394682 ===> Item créé auparavant pour la peinture en question
|description = ===> Can still be added locally in Commons (with ref if needed)
{{en|1=The patriotic...}}
{{nl|1=De patriottische...}}
|source = Picture taken... ==> Wayback Machine URL can be given after
|other versions=
<gallery>
bla.jpg|{{fr|1=Bla}}
</gallery>
}}

If one field present in Wikidata is not displayed in Commons, you can do this:

Ex.: for the "location/collection" field, wait some hours (not needed: add this in the Artwork template: |location = {{#statements:P276}} `The location field was not displayed! It's ok in other pages!`)

Step 3 (not mandatory): Adapt the Wikidata item with missing info, like "BALaT object ID" (P3293), "location" (P276) (called "Collection" in Commons).

Remark: the Creator template is also migrated to Wikidata items (see Template:Creator - Changing template content on Wikidata). Same for the Institution template (see Template:Institution - Syntax #1: for institutions with pages on Wikidata).