English: Description: Low-resolution reproduction of publicity photograph for the movie Notorious (1946), featuring stars Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
Original property rights holder:RKO Pictures (Ernest Bachrach)
Public domain explanation
The image was distributed as a promotional photograph in the U.S. in 1946 for use by the general media, satisfying the definition of "publication." There is no evidence that it was distributed with copyright notice, as then required for copyright protection.
A search of copyright renewal records for 1973 and 1974 ([1], [2], [3], [4]) reveals that no renewal was filed as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any, on any bound collection of material that might encompass this photograph.
There is no evidence that RKO Pictures LLC, the corporate heir to the original property rights holder, claims copyright on the image.
Date
(creation and original distribution); 2010-02-25 (upload)
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
{{Information |Description={{en|'''Description:''' Low-resolution reproduction of publicity photograph for the movie ''Notorious'' (1946), featuring stars Cary Grant and [[:en:Ingrid Bergman|Ingrid Bergman]
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