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Larger headshot of Allen Ludden, game show host of Stumpers, in publicity photo. M*A*S*H stars Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr were supposed to appear on October 18–22, 1976, 10:30am–11am PT / 11:30am–Noon ET.
Scanned photo into hard drive. Proprietor of this photo is NBC. Date of release was October 15, 1976. Bought on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/220948322701?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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At the time of release, permissions of using this photo was granted to the third-party media for editorial uses only. However, this photo was released during the Copyright Act of 1909 and lacks copyright notice, as indicated in all versions of this file, which the 1909 Act required prior to the Copyright Act of 1976 and the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988. No efforts to correct this omission were made.
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See http://www.copyright.gov/history/1909act.pdf for older rules that apply to pre-1978 works without required notice. See more at Appendix A of the Copyright Act of 1976: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92appa.pdf.
Film production expert Eve Light Honthaner 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.
The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook By Nancy E. Wolff, Allworth Communications, 2007, p. 55:
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.
Creative Clearance-Publicity photos archive copy at the Wayback Machine"
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).
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current | 02:37, 22 March 2012 | ![]() | 2,254 × 3,698 (6.77 MB) | George Ho | headshot |
02:34, 22 March 2012 | ![]() | 852 × 521 (743 KB) | George Ho | == Other versions == * File:Stumpers Mike Farrell Allen Ludden Jamie Farr 1976.tiff Other formats: * File:Allen Ludden Stumpers 1976.png * File:Allen Ludden Stumpers 1976.jpg =={{int:filedesc}}== Larger headshot of [[:w:Allen Ludden|Al... |