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It's often challenging to identify and contact the rightsholder. If there is no indication on or around the image, check in the metadata. If there is still no indication of ownership, use a service such as TinEye to locate other instances of that image, and see if they have any copyright information.

If you can get the photographer's name, you may be able to get contact information from a professional association database. Even services such as WhitePages can be helpful.

If you are unable to identify or locate the rightsholder, you cannot use the material. There is no exception for "orphan works" in the law.

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