Image: Tracy Hepburn Adams Rib

Description: Screenshot from the original trailer for the film Adam's Rib (1949), featuring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Public domain explanation The Copyright Act of 1909, which was law until 1978, determined that a work was copyrighted for 28 years. In the 28th year, the owner of the copyright had to renew the copyright. If he did not, his work went into the public domain (see here). The copyright for this trailer would therefore have to be renewed in 1977. A search with US copyright records from January-June 1977 and July-December 1977 find no trace that this occurred. It is therefore in the public domain.
Title: Tracy Hepburn Adams Rib
Credit: Screenshot taken from the trailer provided on the DVD. The trailer can be viewed here.
Author: Trailer created by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Permission: This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Deutsch | English | español | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | português | português do Brasil | русский | українська | +/−
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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