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- February 24, 2017
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Trailers for movies released before 1964 are in the Public Domain because they were never separately copyrighted. The law at the time granted the owner 28 years to file a copyright registration.
1963 + 28 = 1991
Clearly, time has run out to register this material. Some might argue that since the trailers frequently contain the same material that’s in the movie, and the movie is presumably copyrighted, that this would cover the trailer as well. However, the trailer is published (run in a theater) before the movie itself is published. Thus, the trailer requires a separate copyright, and the scenes contained in the trailer are in Public Domain.
Note that all trailers, regardless of year, until the late 80’s, are O.K. to use if they contain no copyright notice. This does occur, although infrequently. For example, the trailer for “The Shootist” (John Wayne, 1976) contains no notice. It is therefore O.K. to use.
Public Domain Television Shows for Broadcast
Broadcast Quality Public Domain Television Shows - RetroFilm Vault's Archive- February 22, 2017
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- February 17, 2017
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Our vast public domain films, television, cartoon, and documentary library has beamed across the planet via wire and via air for years. Curated from the best available 35mm film sources, the RetroFilm Vault delivers the quality and variety that our customers need for professional use.
The RetroFilm Vault is also proud to house the largest collection of movie trailers in the world with over 30,000 trailers.
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