English: The photograph was published in the United States with a valid copyright notice. However, its copyright term expired because it was published prior to 1964 but not renewed within 28 years of publication with the U.S. Copyright Office. See the Copyright Catalog (1978 to present).
NOTE: Although this black-and-white form of the photo entered the public domain, the color version of the same photograph is still under copyright. The color version of the photo can be found in the Getty Images database, where copyright is claimed by GAB Archive/Redferns.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications made by Blz 2049.
Licensing
This image is in the 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:
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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.
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== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Keybook photo (marked "r-12") of Frank Sinatra issued by United Artists in 1959. Per [https://immortalephemera.com/about-movie-collectibles/ ImmortalEphemera.com], "keybook photos" were a type of comparatively rare (and today highly collectible) film still: "These stills were used as the studio’s masters, and are found with holes punched at the top of vertical poses or the left s...
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