This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional,
public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain in its
source country
for the following reason:
Anonymous works, photographs, cinematographic works, sound recordings, government works, and works of corporate authorship or of international organizations enter the public domain 60 years after the date on which they were first published, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year (i.e. as of 2024, works published prior to 1 January 1964 are considered public domain).
Posthumous works (other than those above) enter the public domain after 60 years from publication date, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year.
Any kind of work other than the above enters the public domain 60 years after the author's death (or in the case of a multi-author work, the death of the last surviving author), counted from the beginning of the following calendar year.
Text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports are free from copyright.
The Indian Copyright Act, 1957 is not retroactive, so any work in which copyright did not subsist when it commenced did not have its copyright restored, and is in the public domain per the
Copyright Act 1911
.
Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the
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It is also in the public domain in the
United States
for the following reason:
Public domain
Public domain
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false
This work is in the
public domain
in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first
published
outside the United States (and
not
published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established
copyright relations
with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country on the
URAA
date (January 1, 1996 for most countries).
For background information, see the explanations on
Non-U.S. copyrights
.
Note:
This tag should
not
be used for sound recordings.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "
faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain
".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted;
see
Reuse of PD-Art photographs
for details.
