First published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities and used in Cuba before February 20, 1972
Anonymous works (not photographs)
Used more than 50 years ago
First published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities and used in Cuba before February 20, 1947
Corporate and government works
Never (perpetual copyright)
Published before 1929 (95 years ago)
All other works
More than 50 years has passed since the 1st of January following the death of the author
a) Published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities, author died before 1947 or b) Published before 1929 (95 years ago)
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يقع هذا العمل في النِّطاق العامّ لأَنَّه نُشِر في الولايات المُتحدة بين 1929 و1963م مع احتمال وجود إِشعار لحقوق التَّأليف والنَّشر، إِلا أَنَّه لم يُجدَد. لمزيدٍ مِن التَّفاصيل، انظر كومنز:مخطط هيرتيل. يُرجى الانتباه إِلى أَن هذا العمل قد يَكُون ما يَزال محمياً في الولايات القضائِيَّة الَّتي لا تُطبِّق قاعِدة حكم الفترة الأَقصر على الأَعمال الأَمريكيَّة (حسب تاريخ وفاة المؤلف)، مثلاً 50 عاماً بعد تاريخ الوفاة في كندا، و50 عاماً في برِّ الصِّين الرَّئِيسيِّ الَّذي لا يَشمل هونغ كونغ وماكاو، و70 عاماً في أَلمانيا و100 عاماً في المَكسيك، و 70 عاماً في سويسرا.
"Publicity photos have traditionally not been copyrighted. Since they are disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain, and therefore clearance by the studio that produced them is not necessary." Film industry author Gerald Mast, in Film Study and the Copyright Law (1989) p. 87, writes:
"According to the old copyright act, such production stills were not automatically copyrighted as part of the film and required separate copyrights as photographic stills. The new copyright act similarly excludes the production still from automatic copyright but gives the film's copyright owner a five-year period in which to copyright the stills. Most studios have never bothered to copyright these stills because they were happy to see them pass into the public domain, to be used by as many people in as many publications as possible."
See also film still article, which explains that publicity photos were traditionally not copyrighted.
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