Image: Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! (1976 film poster)

Description: Poster for the 1976 American film Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!. Directed by Efraín Gutiérrez and distributed independently, the film features dialogue in both English and Spanish and is considered the first Chicano film.
Title: Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! (1976 film poster)
Credit: Scan via the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
Author: Poster designed by Jesús María "Chista" Cantú.
Permission: The poster omitted a copyright notice—or, more specifically, carried a defective notice—and was published in the United States prior to 1978, and as such entered the public domain upon publication. The poster art is a distinct work from the film it represents and had to carry its own separate notice to establish copyright protection. The pre-1989 requirements for copyright notice were highly formalistic and, other than a few enumerated exceptions, required these three elements: "The symbol © or the word 'Copyright' or the abbreviation 'Copr.' or an acceptable variant such as "(c)"; "The year of first publication for the work"; and "The name of the copyright owner, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner." The signature "Chista '76" near the bottom right corner omits the word "Copyright" or any acceptable substitute, and as such was a defective notice.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No