Image: Velvet Underground & Nico publicity photo (retouched) (cropped)

Description: Photo portrait of the German singer Nico circa 1966, from a publicity photo when she was a member of the American rock band The Velvet Underground.
Title: Velvet Underground & Nico publicity photo (retouched) (cropped)
Credit: Original source: Publicity photo circulated to press by MGM Records/Verve Immediate source: Scanned by Wilson Bilkovich at Flickr Retouched by uploader. Cropped, skewed slightly to correct warp in paper as scanned, exposure/contrast adjusted.
Author: Photographer unknown. Published by Verve Records, at that time a subsidiary of MGM Records.
Permission: No permission required for the following reasons: First, the photo is a mechanical scan/photocopy of the original cover and does not qualify for independent copyright protection. Second, the portrait was first published prior to 1978 without a valid copyright notice. the pre-1989 requirements for copyright notice were highly formalistic and, other than a few enumerated exceptions, required these three elements: "The symbol © or the word 'Copyright' or the abbreviation 'Copr.' or an acceptable variant such as "(c)"; "The year of first publication for the work"; and "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 have been published without notice and is not eligible for copyright protection.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No