Summary edit

DescriptionBetty Kelly 1965 (cropped).JPG	Photo of Martha and the Vandellas.
Date	17 April 1965
Source	Billboard front cover ad
Author	Gordy Records
Other versions	This file has been extracted from another file : Martha and the Vandellas 1965.JPG

• From the mid 1960s on, Billboard had small ads in color on its front cover. They are clearly marked as ads and not editorial content. I am uploading a copy of the ad in its entirety for reference as the initial upload.

• There are no copyright markings as can be seen at the full view link.
• The ad is not covered by any copyrights for Billboard.
• US Copyright Office page 3-magazines are collective works (PDF)

"A notice for the collective work will not serve as the notice for advertisements inserted on behalf of persons other than the copyright owner of the collective work. These advertisements should each bear a separate notice in the name of the copyright owner of the advertisement."

Licensing edit

This advertisement (or image from an advertisement) is in the public domain because it was published in a collective work (such as a periodical issue) in the United States between 1929 and 1977 and without a copyright notice specific to the advertisement. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation.