Image: Britain Needs You at Once - WWI recruitment poster - Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 108

Description: A WWI British recruitment poster. The Imperial War Museum identifies this as Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 108. It also points out that St. George and the Dragon served as a national symbol for several parties in the conflict (which includes Germany, ironically enough). Library of Congress Description: Title: Britain needs you at once[sic: the LoC uses weird capitalization rules] / printed by Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. London E.C. Date Created/Published: London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] Medium: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. Summary: Poster showing St. George slaying the dragon; scene in roundel format. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-11248 (color film copy transparency) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "World War I Posters" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/243_wwipos.html) Call Number: POS - Gt Brit .P37, no. 4 (C size) [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Title: Britain Needs You at Once - WWI recruitment poster - Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 108
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Author: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Spottiswoode and Co Ltd (printer) Adam Cuerden (restoration) The artist is unknown, see below.
Permission: I'm not quite sure which of two situations applies, but both result in this image being out of copyright by 1966. This was created by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, which implies this came under crown copyright, which would have expired on January 1, 1966. This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was commercially published prior to 1967; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1967. HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works. Deutsch | English | suomi | français | italiano | 日本語 | македонски | മലയാളം | Nederlands | polski | português | русский | slovenščina | Türkçe | 中文 | +/− However, if it didn't, since the artist is unknown - neither the Library of Congress nor the Imperial War Museum have been able to identify the artist - because of that, even if it doesn't come under Crown Copyright, it's out of copyright due to: This UK artistic work, of which the author is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, is in the public domain because it is one of the following: A photograph, which has never previously been made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) and which was taken more than 70 years ago (before 1st January 1947); or A photograph, which was made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1947); or An artistic work other than a photograph (e.g. a painting), which was made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1947).  This tag can be used only when the author cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry. If you wish to rely on it, please specify in the image description the research you have carried out to find who the author was.  The above is all subject to any overriding Publication right which may exist. In practice, Publication right will often override the first of the bullet points listed. Unpublished anonymous paintings remain in copyright until at least 1 January 2040. This tag does not apply to engravings or musical works. More information. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Britain had a 50-year copyright until 1996, so, under this situation, this would still have gone out of copyright on January 1, 1966. So, either way, it's out of copyright. The American situation is simple: This was published before 1923, so... This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1923. Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country. PD-1923 Public domain in the United States //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Britain_Needs_You_at_Once_-_WWI_recruitment_poster_-_Parliamentary_Recruiting_Committee_Poster_No._108.jpg
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