Template talk:PD-old-50

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"This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States"? What? As far as I know, the US uses life+70. See Commons:Commons:Licensing. dbenbenn | talk 17:36, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I think this is bogus. See Cornell's chart of copyright expirations. I'm putting it on TFD. Superm401 | Talk 06:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

This tag means "this is both PD-US, and it is also PD in countries which require 50 years past death." It should be more clear but it is not nonsense; it is an attempt at internationalization.--Fastfission 20:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I did not understand it to be an intersection of two different cases. Jkelly 21:00, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

American non-acceptance of the rule of the shorter term may make some works tagged this template copyrighted in the USA even if already PD in their source countries. If this is the case, we would have to claim American fair use as well.--Jusjih 22:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)