Is the work a literary, dramatic or musical work, a photograph or an 
Was the work created before 1 January 1969? 
engraving, created before 1 August 1989? 
Is the work a photograph created before 1 June 1957? 
Is the work a photograph taken before 1 June 1957? 
Was the work published before 1 August 1989? 
Was the work published before 1 August 1989? 
No 
Yes 
Yes 
No 
Has the work ever been made available to the public? 
Did the author die 
Yes 
Yes 
Did the author die before 
more than 20 years 
1 January 1969? 
before publication? 
Was the work first made available 
No 
to the public before 1 January 1969? 
Copyright expires 
No 
Yes 
Yes 
No 
70 years after 
Yes 
No 
creation, or 70 years after the 
Copyright 
work was made 
Copyright 
Copyright expires 
Copyright 
Copyright 
Copyright 
Copyright 
expires 70 
available to the 
expires 31 
70 years after the 
expires 70 
expires 50 
expires 70 
expires 31 
years after 
public if within 70 
December 
work was made 
years after 
years after 
years after 
December 
first 
years after 
2039 
available to the 
the author 
first 
the author 
2039 
publication 
creation 
public 
dies