for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)
A reasonable effort was made to find another image of the individual from sources with a less restrictive license, but no suitable image was identified.
The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: June 6, 1968. The photograph was created before 1949 in Canada, giving it public domain status in its home country.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Robert Swailes//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Swailes,_1937.jpgtrue
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
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Fair use
true
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(but unpublished works by authors who died after 1948 but before 1979 will not enter the public domain until 2049),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
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:Robert_Swailes,_1937.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
Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.
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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