File:The Terror of War.jpg

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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:The_Terror_of_War.jpg

The photo was published simultaneously in many newspapers, many of which had no copyright notice at all (neither for the photo in particular, nor for the newspaper as a whole). For example:

• San Francisco Examiner
• The Atlanta Constitution
• The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Miami Herald
• The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Akron Beacon Journal
• The Capital Times
• The Sacramento Bee
• Oakland Tribune
• The Tampa Times
• The Charlotte News
• Tallahassee Democrat
• Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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.

This non-U.S. work was published in 1929 or later, but is in the public domain in the United States because it was simultaneously published (within 30 days) in the U.S. and in its source country and is in the public domain in the U.S. as a U.S. work (no copyright registered, or not renewed). For background information, see the explanations on non-U.S. copyrights. PD-US Public domain in the United States //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Terror_of_War.jpg

Do not copy this file to Wikimedia Commons. This file is free content in the United States but non-free or potentially non-free in its country of origin. Wikimedia Commons only accepts files that are public domain or freely licensed in both the country of origin and the United States. For more details, see Wikipedia:Copyrights and talk for the PD-US license template.

The photo's country of origin is unclear, as it was distributed by the Associated Press and may have been published simultaneously in any number of countries. Per the Berne Convention's definition of "country of origin", the country with the shortest copyright term out of those where the photo was published would be the country of origin. Thus it is likely that the photo will be eligible for transfer to Wikimedia Commons 50 years after the photographer's death, the shortest copyright term allowed among Berne Convention countries.