User:PascalHD/Publicity photos

Press/Publicity photos

I enjoy uploading and preserving promotional photos, press kit photos, publicity photos, and press/wire photos. Only those of which are in the Public Domain in the USA will be found here, see COM:HIRTLE. Below are the ones I have uploaded myself, none of these photos are taken by me.

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Other

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Politics, Government & Activists

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Information

Copyright tags

Most useful tags when uploading these photos. See more info by clicking on each tag respectively.

• {{PD-US-no notice}} – US work published in the US between 1929 and 1978 but without a copyright notice.
• {{PD-US-1978-89}} – published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 but with neither copyright notice nor registration within 5 years.
• {{PD-US-no notice advertisement}} – advertisement published in the US between 1929 and 1978 in a collective work without a copyright notice specific to the advertisement.
• {{PD-US-defective notice}} - US work published before 1978 with a notice, but fails to comply with certain constraints.
• {{PD-US-defective notice-1978-89}} - US work published between 1978 and 1989 with a notice, but fails to comply with certain constraints.
• {{PD-US-expired}} – published anywhere (or registered with the US Copyright Office) before 1929 and public domain in the US (preferred over {{PD-US}}).
• {{PD-US-not renewed}} – US work published and copyrighted in the United States between 1929 and 1963, with its copyright not renewed.

Examples

Here are some examples of each tag being used accordingly.

• {{PD-US-no notice}} – File:Boris Karloff 1961.jpg
• {{PD-US-1978-89}} – File:Duran Duran 1983.jpg
• {{PD-US-no notice advertisement}} – File:David Bowie Live 1974.jpg
• {{PD-US-defective notice}} - File:Eastwood Locke The Gauntlet 1977-02.jpg
• {{PD-US-defective notice-1978-89}} - File:Christine Ebersole 1981.jpg
• {{PD-US-expired}} – File:Fred Niblo 1922.jpg
• {{PD-US-not renewed}} – File:Rock Hudson and Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind.jpeg

Tips

These are purely helpful bits of advice I would recommend. This is not an official guide, and anyone should use these at their own risk.

1. Search for photographs on sites like ebay and Worthpoint
   
2. If you find a photo you want to upload, make sure it is of American origin, lack of notice only applies to US published works during a certain period of time from 1929–1989. Anything prior to 1929 is free for the taking.
   
3. Ensure it is a physical photo that was scanned. (Publicity photo, Press photo)
   
4. Make sure the photo does not have a full Copyright notice affixed. (Ex. © 1978 ABC).
   

   →If it does, was it published before 1964? If the Copyright was not renewed, it is PD.
   

   →If it was published between 1978 and March 1, 1989, check for a registration within 5 years at the U.S. Copyright Office.
   

5. Check for information on the author. Was it published by a Record Label, Movie Studio or a press organization?
   
6. Check for a date it was first published. Is there a date stamped on the back? Was it included in a Press Kit?
7. When uploading the photo, try to upload both sides. eBay listings tend to include scans of the front and rear. The back of the photo can offer valuable insight on the photo. If done correctly, you would upload the back of the photo first, then overwrite the file with the front. I don't recommend uploading as separate files, as it just creates more clutter on the Commons, and both sides should be tied to the same file.
   
8. Once your photo is uploaded you will want to update the Summary with important info.
   

   → Add a description of what the photo is depicting
   

   → Add the date this photo was first published.
   

   → Provide the source of where you found it, such as Worthpoint or ebay. If found on ebay or similar sale sites, you should Archive the link. ebay listings don't stay up for long and will be delisted. One year later, that photo you uploaded could deleted because you didn't save the source and now you can't prove it is PD. Use https://archive.ph/ to save your source.
   

   → Add the Author or Publisher of the photo. Like a Photographer, Record label, Film company, Broadcast company or News Wire service. You should credit both the Photographer and company if both are known.
   

9. Does the photo have a watermark? Try to find a copy without one, or digitally erase it using Photoshop or similar software.

Hope this is helpful to someone out there!