Hey MoPo'ers, I wanted to canvas the group to see if anyone has ever had, heard, or dealt with any issues related to being able to publish posters and associated ephemera before? Even stills?
I feel the precedence has already been set in various books such as the amazing Ron Borst "Graven Images" book or "Reel Art"--class act, and innovative, poster books. Bruce has also printed a plethora of poster books and I haven't heard of any issues from that either. I know for the project I'm working on the images will need to be checked with the Library of Congress (in person as the website isn't 100% accurate) to see of there is a registered (or renewed) copyright, but I don't think that has been done with any of the posters. And even the stills (which I've had licensed though Warner Brothers before) technically were not screen captures of the film, shot from a different camera than the film, so should fall into promotional use--and "fair use" for publication. Will find this out soon enough, but certainly hoping it goes in the favor of collectors and archivists and authors in our being able to publish rare collections that take years to accrue so others can enjoy the art, and actors/artists, depicted. A special thanks to an LA collector who I met and scanned some rare pieces for the book, it will let all of us who love the Marx Brothers see their posters and cards in as near complete compendium as possible now--at least until everyone's attics are cleared ;) -Daniel... Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.