For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights.
As of 1 January 1996, were in the public ___domain in Brazil: Works whose author died before 1936; anonymous works, works deemed to be anonymous, or works by a collective person whose authors were not individually identified, first published or disclosed before 1936; all photographic works, and works deemed to be photographic works, which by choice of object and execution conditions couldn't be considered an artistic creation; work published or commissioned by a Brazilian government (federal, state, or municipal) prior to 1983; cinematographic, phonographic, photographic and applied arts works completed before 1936. Non artistic photographs continued entering the public ___domain until 20 June 1998 (not included), when Law 9.610 came into effect, 120 days after publication (pub. 20 Feb 1998).