In accordance with the "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (January 1, 2009),[1] images published with notice but with no subsequent copyright renewal from 1923 through 1963, are public domain due to copyright expiration.
El Imparcial, which went out of service in 1973, could not have renewed its copyright which expired. Therefore, since Puerto Rico fell under US copyright in 1937 as well as today, this would make the Ponce Massacre image public domain. Tony the Marine (talk) 00:08, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
El Imparcial ceased operations in 1973
PUBLIC DOMAIN - U.S. - COPYRIGHT WAS NOT RENEWED.
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{{Information |Description={{en|This is a famous historical picture taken of the Ponce Massacre - http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/ponce-1937.htm Photo was taken by Carlos Torres Morales, a photo journalist for the newspaper El Imparcial. In accor...