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[edit] Summary

Description: Low-resolution image of poster for the silent movie That Certain Thing (1928), directed by Frank Capra, featuring stars Ralph Graves and Viola Dana
Corporate author/original rights holder: Columbia Pictures
Source: FilmPosters.com

[edit] Licensing

Public domain 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 1928. 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 copyright renewal records for 1955 and 1956 ([1], [2], [3], [4]) reveals no evidence that Columbia Pictures 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 Columbia Pictures or its parent company, Sony 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 representative B movie of the 1930s by one of the leading directors in Hollywood history, (b) the first collaboration between Frank Capra and Columbia Pictures, and (c) the marketing of such movies during the historical period discussed in the accompanying text.

[edit] Fair use in B movies (Hollywood Golden Age)

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 representative B movie of the 1930s by one of the leading directors in Hollywood history, (b) the first collaboration between Frank Capra and Columbia Pictures, and (c) the marketing of such movies during the historical period discussed in the accompanying text.

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