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Usage
This template must be accompanied by the appropriatecopyright tag. It often accompanies{{PD-US}}.
|reason= is optional but is recommended for clarifying the reason as to why the work should not be moved to Commons. For the situation where a work of non-US origin isfree content in the United States while being subject to copyright restrictions in its country of origin, the parameter can be given as|reason=US only to supply a standard explanation about the work being non-free in its country of origin.
|expiry= hides the message at the end of the given year. For example, if a work by an author who died in 1950 was first published in a country whose copyright term is life plus 70 years, use|expiry=2020, and the message would automatically disappear in 2021, when the image would be automatically placed intoCategory:Media now suitable for Commons.
Examples
{{Do not move to Commons}}
Always shows the template.
{{Do not move to Commons|expiry=2020}}
Shows the message until December 31, 2020, but hides it starting January 1, 2021.
{{Do not move to Commons|reason=US only}}
For situations where a work of non-US origin is free content in the United States but non-free or potentially non-free in its country of origin.
Clarifying the reason as to why the work should not be moved to Commons. For the situation where a work of non-US origin is free content in the United States while being subject to copyright restrictions in its country of origin, the value 'US only' can be given to supply a standard explanation about the work being non-free in its country of origin.
String
suggested
expiry year
expiry1
It hides the message at the end of the given year. For example, if a work by an author who died in 1950 was first published in a country whose copyright term is life plus 70 years, “expiry” would be 2020, and the message would automatically disappear in 2021, when the image would be automatically placed into 'Category:Media now suitable for Commons'.
Date
optional
See also
{{PD-US}}, which this template was originally transcluded from
{{Possibly non-free in US}}, a template for the opposite situation, where a claim of non-free use may need to be made because a file is in the public domain in another country but not the US.
