Image: Don Murray 1956

Description: English: Publicity photo of Don Murray
Title: Don Murray 1956
Credit: ebay
Author: United Artists
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1928 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. PD-US Public domain in the United States //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Don_Murray_1956.JPG The photo has no renewal on file. See also film still article, which explains that publicity photos were traditionally not copyrighted. No copyright registered for this photo. 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 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)."
Usage Terms: Public domain in the United States
License: PD-US
License Link: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Don_Murray_1956.JPG