This template covers works which were first published after the expiration of copyright, and as such were protected by a publication right of 25 years, but that copyright has expired.

Warning signThis template applies only to certain countries. The country parameter must be specified, and match a known country. Known countries should be listed below with links to the relevant legislation.

Known countries:

  1. Austria: Art. 76b
  2. Germany: Art. 71 (enacted 1965)

NB all EU countries should now have these rights, but in many countries it was only introduced recently, and the copyright period of works covered by this template cannot have expired yet. Listed above are countries where publication rights may have expired.

Usage

{{PD-EU-unpublished/doc |country= }}

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
countrycountry of first publication (English name): "Germany" or "Austria"emptyrequired

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: all users