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File:Back of "Diamond Head" publicity photoshoot (with Columbia stamp waiver).jpg

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Opposite side of photograph, containing an official stamp permitting reproduction for publicity.

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English: This flip-side of the portrait contains a stamp from Columbia Pictures, thereby "granting permission to newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals to reproduce this photograph" for the sake of publicity for the film, Diamond Head (1962), which starred Oscar-winners Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur, 1959) + George Chakiris (West Side Story, 1961). The copyright in question is believed to either have been waived and/or likely expired, as was common in the era for promotional items. Therefore, this work (on the face side) is believed to be in the public domain.
Date c.1969
Source eBay
Author Madison Lacy via Columbia Pictures Corp.
Permission
(Reusing this file)
  • The photo has a stamp of the artist and studio on its opposite side, along with permission granting use for publicity; meanwhile, in the copy of the file showing the front, uploaded separately (as was done in the eBay source link above), there is merely just the image of the three actors, plus code-markings on the bottom related to the studio and filing.
  • See also w:film still article, which explains that publicity photos were traditionally not copyrighted.
  • No copyright registered for this photo. Permission granted for newspaper, magazine, and other periodical reproduction.
  • It was created for publicity purposes-distribution to the media and the image was meant to bring attention and publicity for actors and actresses. See also w:film still article.

Film production expert Eve Light Honathaner 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)."

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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.

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