Image:Charlescowper.jpg

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Photograph of Charles Cowper, former Premier of New South Wales, Australia, taken before October 1916. It is from the collection of the State Library of New South Wales. Under Australian law, all photographs taken in Australia before 1955 are in the public domain. This image is in the public domain under both Australian copyright law and US copyright law. The State Library asserts copyright over the image; however, as the image was taken before 1955, and there is no claim of having modified the image on their part, this assertion is incorrect.

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This image was created in Australia and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005). Type of material Copyright has expired if ...  A  Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to January 1, 1955  B  Photographs (except A): taken prior to January 1, 1955  C  Artistic works (except A & B): the creator died before January 1, 1955  D  Published editions1 (except A & B): first published more than 25 years ago  E  Commonwealth or State government owned2 photographs: first published more than 50 years ago 1 means the typographical arrangement and layout of a published work. eg. newsprint. 2owned means where a government is the copyright owner as well as would have owned copyright but reached some other agreement with the creator. When using this template, please provide information of where the image was first published and who created it.

• Charles Cowper