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It is possible that this file is in the public domain for other reasons, for example because it was published a long time ago (anything before ca. 1900 is most likely ok) or because its author / artist / photographer died over 70 years ago and it was published over 95 years ago. In such cases, a new rationale should be applied, and a different license tag (see Commons:Licensing and valid license tags at Commons:Copyright tags) should be used.
If the file is not found to be in the public domain, it might be nominated for deletion (NOT by any automatic process, but manually).
See below for the previous rationale (not applicable anymore).
Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable
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It is a cinematographic work, photographic work, work of applied art or anonymous work first published more than 75 years ago. (See Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Vietnam)
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It is another type of work, and the creator died more than 50 years ago.
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Na stran morate dodati tudi oznako za javno domeno v Združenih državah Amerike, s katero razložite, zakaj je delo v javni domeni v Združenih državah Amerike. Upoštevajte, da v državah, ki ne uporabljajo pravila krajšega trajanja in v katerih traja avtorskopravno varstvo dlje kot za življenja avtorja in še 60 let, to delo morda ni v javni domeni. Konkretno traja varstvo v Mehiki še 100 let, na Jamajki še 95 let, v Kolumbiji še 80 let, v Gvatemali in na Samoi še 75 let ter v Švici in Združenih državah Amerike še 70 let.
Datoteka vsebuje še druge podatke, ki jih je verjetno dodal za njeno ustvaritev oziroma digitalizacijo uporabljeni fotografski aparat ali optični bralnik. Če je bila datoteka pozneje spremenjena, podatki sprememb morda ne izražajo popolnoma.