• it wasn't in copyright in the United States due to being registered for copyright there (see Commons:Copyright tags#United States for most cases) and
• it was created prior to 1976 and published prior to 1978 — then it was out-of-copyright in Italy on the URAA date of restoration (January 1, 1996) (17 U.S.C. § 104A) (in most cases; for all cases, see Template:PD-Italy/US). If so, please add {{PD-1996}} in addition to this copyright tag.

A work may be in PD in the US also if:

• it isn't copyrighted in the United States for other reasons. If so, please add a valid US license tag to the photo between those listed in Category:PD US license tags. For example, buildings built before 1990 are not copyrighted in the United States. For these cases please add {{PD-US-architecture}}. Photos of buildings built after that date are free under US copyright only if taken from a public space and in general if they comply with the US FOP. If so, please add {{FoP-US}}. For other exceptions envisaged by the US copyright law, see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#Freedom of panorama.