DescriptionLittle Caesar (1931 film poster - Style B).jpg
English: "Style B" theatrical release poster of the 1931 American film Little Caesar.
Date
English: Undated; presumably 1931, the year of the film's release, but there's a substantial chance the poster was published in late 1930 ahead of the film's premiere on January 9, 1931.
Source
English: Scan via Heritage Auctions. Cropped from the original image.
English: The poster entered the public domain because it was published with a defective copyright notice, omitting the year of publication, seen at top right: "Copyright First National Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved". Even if the copyright notice were deemed to be valid, the copyright for the poster was not renewed as was required by American copyright law to extend/maintain protection for works published 1963 or earlier. In order to maintain copyright protection, the poster art would have had to be renewed 28 years after publication, in either 1958 or 1959. Note that the poster art is a distinct work from the film it represents and had to be renewed separately.
Licensing
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, with a defective copyright notice (copyright notice information) containing at least one of the following defects:
Notice is dated more than one year later than the actual date of first publication;
Notice does not include a named claimant or does not name the actual copyright holder;
Notice is illegible or concealed from view;
It is a printed literary, musical, or dramatic work that does not include the year.
A defective notice does not invalidate copyright in cases where the error is immaterial and would not mislead an infringer, such as an abbreviated name. Additionally, foreign works created outside the US are subject to copyright restoration even with a defective notice. It is not in the public domain in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and other countries with individual treaties.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
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.
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