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English: Photograph taken for the Bettman Archive and popularly known as "The Kiss of Death" (Il Bacio della Morte).[1][2][3][4] It shows Linda Christian kissing Alfonso, Marquess of Portago, before the latter departed for his last part of the Mille Miglia race which ended his life.
Date
Source Bettmann Archive, via Diario AS
Author Unknown. Newspapers attributed the photo variously to "International", "International Radiophoto", or "International Soundphoto".

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The country of origin of this photograph is Italy. It is in the public domain there because its copyright term has expired. According to Law for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights n.633, 22 April 1941 and later revisions, images of people or of aspects, elements and facts of natural or social life, obtained with photographic process or with an analogue one, including reproductions of figurative art and film frames of film stocks (Art. 87) are protected for a period of 20 years from creation (Art. 92). This provision shall not apply to photographs of writings, documents, business papers, material objects, technical drawings and similar products (Art. 87). Italian law makes an important distinction between "works of photographic art" and "simple photographs" (Art. 2, § 7). Photographs that are "intellectual work with creative characteristics" are protected for 70 years after the author's death (Art. 32 bis), whereas simple photographs are protected for a period of 20 years from creation.
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The photograph was published in numerous newspapers with no copyright notice. No instances were found of the photograph being published with copyright notice on the photo itself. Examples where it was published with no notice at all, neither for the photo nor for the newspaper as a whole:

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Alfonso de Portago

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12 May 1957

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