Although the photo was published with proper copyright notice in Ebony, it was first published in many newspapers, some of which had no copyright notice at all (neither for the photo in particular, nor for the newspaper as a whole). For example:
Copyright was therefore forfeited per section 9 of the Copyright Act of 1909, which required that notice of copyright be affixed to every published copy.
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Cette œuvre est dans le domaine public car elle a été publiée aux États-Unis entre 1929 et 1977 inclus, sans indication de copyright. À moins que son auteur ne soit mort depuis suffisamment longtemps, elle n'est pas dans le domaine public dans les pays ou régions qui n'appliquent pas la règle du terme le plus court pour les travaux provenant des États-Unis, comme le Canada (cinquante ans pma), la Chine continentale (cinquante ans pma, Hong Kong et Macao exclus), l'Allemagne (soixante-dix ans pma), le Mexique (cent ans pma), la Suisse (soixante-dix ans pma) et d'autres pays signataires d'accord bilatéraux. Voir cette page pour de plus amples explications.
The author died in 1996, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 25 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
Uploaded a work by w:Moneta Sleet Jr. from The Pulitzer Prizes, "[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/moneta-sleet-jr Moneta Sleet Jr. of ''Ebony Magazine'']". Originally shot for the [https://books.google.com/books?id=KtoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA177 May 1968 issue of ''Ebony'']. with UploadWizard