Template:PD-Libya

The copyright to this work first published in Libya has expired; however, under Libyan law attribution of the author is still required. Copyright protection in this work has expired because either:

It is a photographic or cinematographic work and five years have elapsed since the end of the year of production.
It is another type of work and five years have elapsed since the end of the year of the death of the author.

To uploader: Please provide where the image was first published and who created it.

This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:

if it entered the public domain in Libya prior to 1996, or
when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.

Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.

If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in Libya an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.

If the media is in the public domain in both Libya and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.

Note: If this image is in the public domain in the U.S., modify the end of the copyright tag from }} to |commons}}.
This will replace the preceding U.S. copyright notification with a nomination for this image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.