English: First-edition dust jacket cover of The Last Tycoon (1941), an unfinished, posthumously published novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940).
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English: Scan via Heritage Auctions. Cropped from the original image.
First, the photo is a mechanical scan/photocopy of the original cover and does not qualify for independent copyright protection.
Second, the dust jacket was first published prior to 1978 without a valid copyright notice.
The Last Tycoon was first published in 1941. The hardcover book itself carried a copyright notice, so its contents remain copyrighted. However, the first-edition dust jacket did not carry a separate copyright notice. According to The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices: Chapter 2200, § 2207.1(C) at p. 15:
"A notice of copyright on the dust jacket of a book is not an acceptable notice for the book, because the dust jacket is not permanently attached to the book. Likewise, a notice appearing in a book is not an acceptable notice for the dust jacket or any material appearing on that dust jacket, even if the book refers to the jacket or material appearing on the jacket."
This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, with a defective copyright notice (copyright notice information) containing at least one of the following defects:
Notice is dated more than one year later than the actual date of first publication;
Notice does not include a named claimant or does not name the actual copyright holder;
Notice is illegible or concealed from view;
It is a printed literary, musical, or dramatic work that does not include the year.
A defective notice does not invalidate copyright in cases where the error is immaterial and would not mislead an infringer, such as an abbreviated name. Additionally, foreign works created outside the US are subject to copyright restoration even with a defective notice. It is not in the public domain in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and other countries with individual treaties.
== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=First-edition dust jacket cover of ''The Last Tycoon'' (1941), an unfinished, posthumously published novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940).}} |Source={{en|1=Scan via [https://historical.ha.com/itm/books/f-scott-fitzgerald-the-last-tycoon-new-york-scribner-s-1941-first-edition/a/6091-36848.s Heritage Auctions]. Cropped from the original image.}} |Date=1941 |Author={{e...