File:Burst of Joy.jpg

Summary

Licensing

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:Burst_of_Joy.jpg

The photograph was distributed by the Associated Press on May 7, 1974 and published in many newspapers with no copyright notice, neither on the newspaper as a whole (including the front page, masthead, and editorial page), nor on the photograph specifically. For example:

• The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin)
• The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
• The Missoulian (Montana)
• The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Palo Alto Times (California)
• The Idaho Statesman
• The Wichita Eagle

No instances were found of the photograph being published with proper copyright notice on that day, indicating that it was distributed by the AP without notice.

Also published without copyright notice in The Instant It Happened. New York: H.N. Abrams & The Associated Press. 1976. p. 239.. (The book contained only an "All Rights Reserved" notice, which is not a valid copyright notice under US law.)