The_Grapes_of_Wrath_(1939_1st_ed_cover).jpg
Summary
Description The Grapes of Wrath (1939 1st ed cover).jpg |
English:
First-edition dust jacket cover of
The Grapes of Wrath
(1939) by the American author
John Steinbeck
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Source |
English:
Scan via
Heritage Auctions Lot
. Cropped from the original image.
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Author |
English:
Jacket design by
Elmer Hader
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Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
English:
No permission is required.
The Grapes of Wrath was first published in 1939. The hardcover book itself carried a copyright notice, so its contents remain copyrighted. However, the first-edition dust jacket did not carry a separate copyright notice. According to The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices: Chapter 2200 , § 2207.1(C) at p. 15:
The lack of a copyright notice can be verified by inspecting the full-jacket scan at the Heritage Auctions link above. Keep in mind that the pre-1989 requirements for copyright notice were highly formalistic and, other than a few enumerated exceptions, required these three elements:
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Licensing
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public domain
because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag . Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag . |