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  • Immediate source: SouthernCultures.org (cropped to match author portrait in dust jacket; see below)
  • Original Source: Dust jacket of Percy's 1941 book Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son. Used as the author photo; see CaseAntiques.com, which provides a full scan of the cover in a gallery.
Author Photo credited to Wynn Richards; see dust jacket.
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  1. First, the photo is a mechanical scan/photocopy of the original cover and does not qualify for independent copyright protection.
  2. Second, the portrait was first published prior to 1978 without a valid copyright notice. Lanterns on the Levee was first published in 1941; the hardcover book itself carried a copyright notice, so its contents remain copyrighted. However, the first-edition dust jacket did not carry a separate copyright notice. According to The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices: Chapter 2200, § 2207.1(C) at p. 15:
"A notice of copyright on the dust jacket of a book is not an acceptable notice for the book, because the dust jacket is not permanently attached to the book. Likewise, a notice appearing in a book is not an acceptable notice for the dust jacket or any material appearing on that dust jacket, even if the book refers to the jacket or material appearing on the jacket."

Keep in mind that the pre-1989 requirements for copyright notice were highly formalistic and, other than a few enumerated exceptions, required these three elements:

  1. "The symbol © or the word 'Copyright' or the abbreviation 'Copr.' or an acceptable variant such as "(c)";
  2. "The year of first publication for the work"; and
  3. "The name of the copyright owner, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner."
If just one of these elements is omitted, the work is deemed to be published without notice and is not eligible for copyright protection. Neither the year nor a copyright symbol (or any acceptable variant) appear anywhere on the dust jacket. Credits indicating the name of the author or photographer do not meet these requirements.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art.

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current05:46, 15 November 2019Thumbnail for version as of 05:46, 15 November 2019469 × 632 (105 KB)Blz 2049{{Information |Description={{en|1=William Alexander Percy.}} |Source= *'''Immediate source''': [http://www.southerncultures.org/article/naive-sentimental-poetry-nostalgia-sex-souths-william-alexander-percy/ SouthernCultures.org] (cropped to match author portrait in dust jacket; see below) *'''Original Source''': Dust jacket of Percy's 1941 book ''Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son''. Used as the author photo; see [https://caseantiques.com/ite...

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