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• it is a photograph, a cinematographic work or a sound recording and at least 50 years have passed since the end of the year of its publication (or since the year of creation for photographs from before independence in 1947, as per the Copyright Act 1911).
• it is a governmental or anonymous work and at least 50 years have passed since the end of the year of its publication.