• It is a work made or published on or after November 14, 1972. By virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (1998):

• It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication or (if unpublished) making;
• It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication or (if unpublished) making;
• It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its making; or
• It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author).

• It is a work made or published before November 14, 1972. By virtue of the Act No. 3134 (1924) and the Memorandum Circular No. 021-2023 which provides for non-retroactivity of any copyright extension that has occurred since 1972:

• It is a work with registered copyright and this copyright was not renewed, and 30 years have passed since the year of its copyright registration;
• It is a work in series or having several volumes or component parts registered at intervals, and 40 years have passed since the year the copyright for the first series or volume or component part has been registered; or
• It is a work in which its copyright registration was renewed, and 50 years have passed since the death of the author.

For unregistered pre-November 14, 1972 works from the Philippines, use Template:PD-Philippines-1972.