File:Edward Lawry Norton.jpg

Summary[edit]

Found at: http://www-ece.rice.edu/~dhj/norton/ It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual.

It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality)

The photo is only being used for informational purposes.

Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article.

The photo was part of a press release, widely circulated in the public domain through news articles appearing in national newspapers.Dr.K. 16:21, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Licensing[edit]

This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977 inclusive, without a copyright notice. Unless the author has been dead for several years, it is not in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works. This includes Canada, China (not Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan Area), Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and other countries with individual treaties. See also further explanation. PD-US Public domain in the United States //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Lawry_Norton.jpg

This photograph of Edward Lawry Norton, (1898 – 1983), was widely distributed for reproduction and publicity prior to 1978. It did not include a copyright notice at the time, and no application for extension of a copyright is on record, and so it is considered to be in the public domain. There is no visible copyright symbol on the picture.

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