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[edit] Summary

Description: Low-resolution image of poster for the film Rocketship X-M (1950), featuring the cast
Corporate author/original rights holder: Lippert Pictures
Source: Scan from private collection

[edit] Licensing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was first published in the United States without copyright notice prior to 1978, which causes the work to be irrevocably in the Public Domain. See Copyright.

[edit] Public domain explanation

• The image was published as an advertisement in the U.S. in 1950. There is no evidence that copyright notice was originally filed on the image, as then required. For instance, this image evidently shows the entire poster and no copyright notice.
• A search of U.S. copyright renewal records for 1977 and 1978 ([1], [2], [3]) reveals no evidence that either Lippert Pictures or any asignee renewed copyrights to this poster or any collection of posters or any collection of material that might encompass this poster as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any.
• There is no evidence that any current heir or asignee of Lippert Pictures claims copyright on the image.

[edit] Fair use in B movie

If any evidence is disclosed to indicate that this image of a movie poster might be under copyright, it is claimed by Wikipedia editor DCGeist to be used under fair use for this article as:

1. it is a low-resolution reproduction (i.e., it could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork on another poster);
2. it does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the film or poster in any way;
3. it does not interfere with the copyright owner's ability to promote the film or poster in any way;
4. it is being used only for informational purposes; and
5. its inclusion adds significantly to the article because it illustrates (a) a significant and representative 1950s B movie, (b) the first example of what is now known as "atomic bomb cinema," and (c) the marketing of such movies during the historical period in question as discussed in the accompanying text.

[edit] Fair use in B movies (Transition in the 1950s)

If any evidence is disclosed to indicate that this image of a movie poster might be under copyright, it is claimed by Wikipedia editor DCGeist to be used under fair use for this article as:

1. it is a low-resolution reproduction (i.e., it could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork on another poster);
2. it does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the film or poster in any way;
3. it does not interfere with the copyright owner's ability to promote the film or poster in any way;
4. it is being used only for informational purposes; and
5. its inclusion adds significantly to the article because it illustrates (a) a significant and representative 1950s B movie, (b) the first example of what is now known as "atomic bomb cinema," and (c) the marketing of such movies during the historical period in question as discussed in the accompanying text.

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