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| Keywords: Garbo wild orchids.jpg Greta Garbo in a publicity still for Wild Orchids 1929 http //pickurselfup tumblr com/post/13240982664/paperspots-greta-garbo-in-a-publicity-still-for 1929 Photograph by Ruth Harriet Louise for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio A number of film production experts have commented on the staus of publicity stills cofirming that they are in the public domain Eve Light Honathaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook Focal Press 2001 p 211 says Publicity photos 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 Film industry author Gerald Mast in Film Study and the Copyright Law 1989 p 87 writes According to the old copyright act such production stills were not automatically copyrighted as part of the film and required separate copyrights as photographic stills The new copyright act similarly excludes the production still from automatic copyright but gives the film's copyright owner a five-year period in which to copyright the stills Most studios have never bothered to copyright these stills because they were happy to see them pass into the public domain to be used by as many people in as many publications as possible PD-US-not renewed PD-Old-70 Black and white portrait photographs of Greta Garbo 1929 Female hair fashion 1929 Wild Orchids 1929 film Ruth Harriet Louise 1929 1929 portrait photographs | ||||
