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This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired due to one of the following: 1. it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or it was not subject to Crown copyright, and 2. it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, or 3. the creator died prior to January 1, 1972. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term and have copyright terms longer than life of the author plus 50 years. In particular, Mexico is 100 years, Jamaica is 95 years, Colombia is 80 years, Guatemala and Samoa are 75 years, Switzerland and the United States are 70 years, and Venezuela is 60 years. العربية ∙ বাংলা ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

This ‘image’ is in public domain, ineligible for copyright or its copyright has expired, and is not covered by intellectual property rights, as in the U.S., copyright has expired on any work published anywhere before January 1, 1923. See: Public domain in the United States

In the United States, works published with notice of copyright or registered in unpublished form on or after January 1, 1923, and prior to January 1, 1964, had to be renewed during the 28th year of their first term of copyright to maintain copyright for a full 95-year term. According to Public Works and Government Services Canada, Canada has no intention of renewing expired Crown Copyright works in any country, consequently restoration of copyright, available through the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, would not apply. Please see: An email is on record at OTRS ticket 2013122310013986.

In 1989 the United States enacted the Berne Convention Implementation Act, amending the 1976 Copyright Act to conform to most of the provisions of the Berne Convention. The Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 states, in section twelve, that the Act "does not provide copyright protection for any work that is in the public domain." See: Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

This artistic work, created by the Government of Canada, as a Canadian work, is in the public domain worldwide because its subject Crown copyright has expired. It was first published more than 50 years ago, before December 31, 1964, it is a photograph, created by the Canadian Government prior to to January 1, 1949; and the creator died more than 50 years ago. Please See: List of countries' copyright lengths and See also: Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.