File:Grace Li supports Lily Chin at a protest rally in Detroit, May 9, 1983.jpg

The photo is published in multiple newspapers before March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice for the photo itself nor for the newspaper as a whole, and without registration within 5 years:

• Battle Creek Enquirer (May 10, 1983)

There is only one copyright registration relating to the Battle Creek Enquirer, but it was for the December 22, 1994 issue.

• Bangor Daily News (May 10, 1983): copy 1, copy 2

There are no copyright registrations relating to Bangor Daily News in 1983.

• The Herald-Palladium (May 10, 1983)

There are no copyright registrations relating to The Herald-Palladium.

• Democrat and Chronicle (May 10, 1983): copy 1, copy 2, copy 3

There are no copyright registrations relating to Democrat and Chronicle in 1983.

• Green Bay Press-Gazette (May 10, 1983)

There are no copyright registrations relating to Green Bay Press-Gazette in 1983.

The version of the photo that is seen in the May 10, 1983 issue of the Anderson Independent-Mail is used (see [1]). The newspaper has a copyright notice on the masthead. However, there are no parts in the photo that are not published in any of the non-copyrighted newspapers. Thus the entire photo can be used without risk of committing copyright violation.

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