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File:Vivian vance 1948.JPG

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Description
English: Photo of Vivian Vance used for publicity for the play Springtime for Henry.
Date Play was said to open 9 August; date stamp is for September 1948.
Source eBay itme

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Author Maurice Seymour, Chicago, photographer.
Permission
(Reusing this file)

PD-PRE1978.

  • The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above.
  • Note that I have enlarged and included an image of the mark on the photo's lower left corner. It is a number 3 and not a copyright mark.
  • It was created for publicity purposes-distribution to the media. The image was meant to bring attention and publicity for the personality pictured, the same as the publicity photos for actors and actresses in the film industry were intended to do.

Film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook, (Focal Press, 2001 p. 211.):

"Publicity photos (star headshots) 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."
"There is a vast body of photographs, including but not limited to publicity stills, that have no notice as to who may have created them." (The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook By Nancy E. Wolff, Allworth Communications, 2007, p. 55.)
Creative Clearance-Publicity photos
"Publicity Photos (star headshots) older publicity stills have usually not been copyrighted and since they have been disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain and therefore there is no necessity to clear them with the studio that produced them (if you can even determine who did)."
  • United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies.
1 The symbol © (letter C in a circle); the word “Copyright”; or the abbreviation “Copr.”
2 The year of first publication. If the work is a derivative work or a compilation incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the derivative work or compilation is sufficient. Examples of derivative works are translations or dramatizations; an example of a compilation is an anthology. The year may be omitted when a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or useful articles.
3 The name of the copyright owner, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of owner.1 Example © 2007 Jane Doe.")

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current16:23, 23 September 2012Thumbnail for version as of 16:23, 23 September 2012445 × 645 (49 KB)We hope (talk | contribs)better tone
23:36, 11 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 23:36, 11 September 2011445 × 645 (48 KB)We hope (talk | contribs)Photo has been cropped. Previous upload was to establish timeframe, source, and that there are no copyright marks on it.
23:34, 11 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 23:34, 11 September 20111,234 × 1,020 (87 KB)We hope (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Photo of Vivian Vance used for publicity for the play ''Springtime for Henry''. |Source=[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vivian-Vance-sexy-VINTAGE-Photo-/360392170749?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item53e90c1cfd#ht_500wt_1180 eBay itme] [htt
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