Keywords: Blackdogman.PNG Cropping of the Polaroid photograph of the assassination of President John F Kennedy taken one-sixth of a second after the fatal head shot Public domain 1963-11-22 Mary Moorman Mary Krahmer ; derivative work cut-off with red circle showing the Blackdogman user Gothic2; File Moorman jpg Mary Moorman Work in public domain; copyright expired in 1991 without renewal First published on 24 November 1963 From U S Copyright Office Information Circular 15a http //www copyright gov/circs/circ15a html works Duration of Copyright Under the law in effect before 1978 copyright was secured either on the date a work was published or on the date of registration if the work was registered in unpublished form From U S Copyright Office Information Circular 15t http //www copyright gov/circs/circ15t html copyrights1 Extension of Copyright Terms Copyrights whose first 28-year term of copyright was secured between January 1 1950 and December 31 1963 including works protected in their first term under the Universal Copyright Convention still had to be renewed within strict time limits in order to receive the maximum statutory duration U S adherence to the Berne Convention did not alter this requirement Renewal registration had to be made within a year period beginning on December 31 of the 27th year of the copyright and running through December 31 of the following year If a valid renewal registration was made at the proper time the second term lasts for 67 years This is 39 years longer than the 28-year renewal term provided under the 1909 law and makes the two terms of protection for the renewed copyright last for a total of 95 years However if renewal registration was not made within the statutory time limits these copyrights expired at the end of their first terms and protection was lost permanently PD-US-not renewed Dealey Plaza on November 22 1963 Photographs taken on 1963-11-22 Photos taken with Polaroid instant cameras |