New York 1927 ad - Vintage movie public domain poster

Ad for the 1927 Paramount film New York.

Paramount did not mark this ad or any others in this journal with copyright marks. Motion Picture news copyrights did not apply to ads placed in the magazine--to editorial content only.

US Copyright Office page 3-magazines are collective works (PDF)

"A notice for the collective work will not serve as the notice for advertisements inserted on behalf of persons other than the copyright owner of the collective work. These advertisements should each bear a separate notice in the name of the copyright owner of the advertisement."

United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies.

1 The symbol © (letter C in a circle); the word “Copyright”; or the abbreviation “Copr.”

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17/04/1926

New York Public Library

https://nypl.org

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