Category:PD USA 1997

Public Domain: 1990s:	◄ 1980s | 1990–1991–1992–1993–1994–1995–1996–1997–1998

Public Domain: 2010s: 2019 | 2020s ►

This category includes media files which are public domain in the United States on 1 January 1997

End of copyright protection

Individuals

• life of the author plus 70 years and 95 years after the first publication date

Corporate authorship

• 120 years after creation and 95 years after the first publication date

Note: Additional works made in 1923 or afterwards that were still protected by copyright in 1998 will not enter the public domain until 2019 or afterward.

See also: Copyright Term Extension Act