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This faithful reproduction of a lithograph plate from Gray's Anatomy, a two-dimensional work of art, is not copyrightable in the U.S. as per Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.; the same is also true in many other countries, including Germany. Unless stated otherwise, it is from the 20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, originally published in 1918 and therefore lapsed into the public domain. Other copies of Gray's Anatomy can be found on Bartleby and also on Yahoo!.
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This image comes from the book Naumann, Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas (Natural history of the birds of central Europe) of 1905 or his earlier works. The copyrights for those books have expired and this image is in the public domain. See here |
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This image comes from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1907). The copyrights for that book have expired and this image is in the public domain. |
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This image comes from Suomen historia by K. O. Lindeqvist (1858–1927). The copyrights for that book have expired, and this image is in the public domain. |
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Source: Suomen historia (Third Edition, published in 1926 in Finland; First Edition was published in 1906) by K. O. Lindeqvist (1858–1927).
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Lähde: Suomen historia (kolmas painos, joka on julkaistu vuonna 1926 Suomessa; ensimmäinen painos julkaistiin 1906), kirjoittanut O. Lindeqvist (1858–1927).
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In most countries, the text and illustrations of patents are excused for copyright and can be considered to be in the public domain. In some countries, such as the United States, text of patents may be copyrighted but is free for distribution in any form. The actual invention depicted may however still be patented if its patent has not expired. |
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This image of roman coinage was taken from this gallery. The gallery is a part of Heinz-Joachim Krenzer’s private website, who collected the images from various sources. This specific image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, what applies on all images in this gallery without these of Pertinax, Manlia Scantilla und Pescennius Niger. This applies worldwide. |
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This file is in the public domain because it is from the homepage of CMS detector of CERN. All photos and movies are completely free to use, but they do request that if you find something useful (or if you have any suggestions as to how something could be improved), please send an email to cms.outreach@cern.ch. |
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This work uses the melody of the Internationale composed and published in 1888, thus published before July 1, 1909 outside the United States, by Pierre Degeyter (1848-1932). The melody is in the public domain in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 75 years or less.

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