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English: Description: Low-resolution reproduction of promotional photo for the film The Big Sleep (1946), featuring stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Date 22 July 2006 (original upload date)
Source Scan from private collection
Author Warner Bros.
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  • The image was distributed as a promotional photograph in the U.S. in 1946 for use by the general media, satisfying the definition of "publication." There is no evidence that it was distributed with copyright notice, as then required for copyright protection.
  • A search of copyright renewal records for 1973 and 1974 ([1], [2], [3], [4]) reveals that no renewal was filed as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any, on any bound collection of material that might encompass this photograph.
  • There is no evidence that Warner Bros. or its corporate owner, Time Warner, claims copyright on the image.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. 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 (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.

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  • 2006-07-22 17:39 (UTC) | DCGeist | 16879 (bytes) | 360×240 | promotional photo from ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' (1946); used as quintessential example of film noir in "Film Noir" article {{promophoto}}

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current06:18, 9 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 06:18, 9 January 2012360 × 240 (16 KB)SreeBot (talk | contribs)(Original text) : promotional photo from ''The Big Sleep'' (1946); used as quintessential example of film noir in "Film Noir" article {{promophoto}}

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