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...
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