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This image of John Campbell is a two-dimensional work of art whose author died more than 100 years ago, it is in the public domain.
This image is in the public domain because under the Copyright law of the United States, originality of expression is necessary for copyright protection, and a mere photograph of an out-of-copyright two-dimensional work may not be protected under American copyright law. The official position of the Wikimedia Foundation is that all reproductions of public domain works should be considered to be in the public domain regardless of their country of origin (even in countries where mere labor is enough to make a reproduction eligible for protection).
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This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published prior to January 1, 1929 (see the template documentation for more cases). Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.
PD-USPublic domain in the United States//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GG-John_Campbell.jpg
This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired for one of the following reasons:
first published before 1946, According to Public Works and Government Services Canada / Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, Canada has no intention of renewing expired Crown Copyright works in any country, and consequently the URAA does not apply. An email is on record at VRT ticket # 2013122310013986
2.
it was a photograph created before 1949
created before 1949
created before 1946
3.
it was a photograph created after 1948 — and the copyright was owned by a corporation,
created after 1948—but before 1962
N/A
4.
it was a work by an identifiable author
* created by an author who died before 1972; * for authors who die after 1971, 70 years p.m.a.;
(but unpublished works by authors who died after 1948 but before 1979 will not enter the public domain until 2049),
published by an author who died before 1946
5.
where the creator is unknown
the sooner of:
A. 75 years p.r., or (if published before auch term expires) the earlier of 75 years p.d. and 100 years p.r., or
B. publication before 1970, or (if not published) creation before 1945
but, where the creator becomes known prior to death (where the disclosure occurs prior to the initial term's anticipated expiry), the term becomes that attributable to works by an identifiable author. In the case of joint works, copyright extends accordingly to the death of the last identifiable author.
first published before 1946
6.
it is a film
the sooner of:
A. 75 years p.r., or if not published within 70 years from creation, 70 years from creation
B. publication before 1970, or if not published within 50 years from creation, creation before 1970
first published before 1946
A more exhaustive listing of terms of copyright and permitted exceptions, by type of work, may be found at the Toronto Archives' Copyright guidelines for researchers
PD-CAPublic domain in Canada//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GG-John_Campbell.jpg
The media description page should identify which reason applies.
This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:
if it entered the public domain in Canada prior to 1996, or
when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.
if it was subject to Crown Copyright and published before 1974
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If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in Canada an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.
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