English:
No permission is required for the following reasons:
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A search was conducted through the U.S. Copyright Office
public catalog
, and there is
NO
record that this was subsequently registered within 5 years of publication. As such, the opportunity for copyright protection on the photo was forfeited and it entered the public domain.
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The source images linked above are mechanical scans of the underlying public domain work. These scans are faithful reproductions of the photograph that do not meet the
threshold of originality
necessary to assert a copyright interest.
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Per
2204.4(C)
The term “All Rights Reserved” or the like is not an element of the notice prescribed by U.S. law, and it is not an acceptable variant or substitute for the word “Copyright” or the abbreviation “Copr.”... However, the use of such terms in juxtaposition with an acceptable notice is permitted.