User talk:Venomgwar

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File:Moses Nelson Baker.jpg

I’m trying to determine the copyright status of this portrait. I was wondering if you would know about it as you seem to physically own it. If this work was ever published, it is in the public domain because it was published in the US before 1928. However, if it wasn’t published, one of these needs to be true:

• The author is known, and died before 1953
• The author isn’t known, and the work was made before 1903

Unfortunately with my current information that would mean the work is still copyrighted for 2 years if it is unpublished, which seems likely. Can you provide any info to help with this? Thanks, Snowmanonahoe (talk) 14:20, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

"For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire,the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first." - copyright.gov

I sent you a request on discord if you want to talk further. Venomgwar (talk) 15:07, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I immediately dismissed said friend request assuming it to be spam. The issue here is that it's not clear whether the work was published or not. If it wasn't, the work doesn't enter the PD until next year. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 15:11, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

The great grandson says it's a print passed down in the family and doesn't know if it was published, and the photographer isn't known (anonymous).

To be safe do you suggest taking it down and posting it next year when it's safely known as being in PD. Venomgwar (talk) 15:44, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

I will open a deletion request and let more experienced users decide. In any case, the file will be added to Category:Undelete in 2024, so it will be reuploaded next year automatically. (This is pretty cool, by the way.) Snowmanonahoe (talk) 15:56, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

What made you interested in the picture? Venomgwar (talk) 15:57, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

I wasn't the one who found it--someone posted about it on the discord. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 15:59, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

File:Moses Nelson Baker.jpg

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Snowmanonahoe (talk) 16:02, 26 March 2023 (UTC)