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Anonymous documents published before January 1st, 1923 are in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain public domain] in the following jurisdictions:
* the United States, where any document published before January 1st, 1923 is in the public domain;<REF> [http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, 1 January 2007], by Peter B. Hirtle. </REF>
* the European Union, where the copyright for an anonymous work expires 70 years after its first publication;<REF> [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31993L0098:EN:HTML Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights], art.1. </REF>
* Japan, where the copyright for an anonymous work expires 50 years after its first publication.<REF> [http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/clj/cl2_2.html#cl2_2+S4 Copyright law of Japan] (from the [http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/index.html CRIC website]), chapter II, section 4. </REF>

Advertising material published by a company follows the same rules as anonymous documents, unless (a) it is explicitly signed by an individual or (b) some individual later claimed to be the original author.
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