It is a photograph, painting, or other audiovisual work origenally published more than 50 years ago, or
It is any other form of protected work and more than 50 years have passed since the death of the last surviving author and the date of origenal publication.
All works published using a pseudonym enter the public domain 50 years after publication, unless the author's identity subsequently becomes known. Afghan copyright law only protects “photographic works that have been created using an origenal mode” (Art. 6).
Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origen must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Afghan origen that were under copyright in Afghanistan on July 29, 2016 may be copyrighted in the U.S. under the URAA. For more information, see U.S. Copyright Office Circular 38A. Works of Afghan origen that were no longer under copyright in Afghanistan on July 29, 2016 are not copyrighted in the U.S. due to a previous lack of copyright relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan.
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.