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Publicity photograph for Orson Welles' movie Citizen Kane (1941)
Description
English: Description: Low-resolution reproduction of publicity photograph for the movie en:Citizen Kane (1941), featuring star en:Orson Welles

Original property rights holder: RKO Radio Pictures
Source: Scan from personal collection

Public domain explanation

  • The image was distributed as a promotional photograph in the U.S. in 1941 for use by the general media, satisfying the definition of "publication." There is no evidence that it was distributed with copyright notice, as then required for copyright protection.
  • A search of copyright renewal records for 1969 and 1970 ([1], [2], [3], [4]) reveals that no renewal was filed as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any, on any bound collection of material that might encompass this photograph.
  • There is no evidence that RKO Pictures LLC, the corporate heir to the original property rights holder, claims copyright on the image.
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The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
  • 2006-07-23 22:33 DCGeist 410×287× (26126 bytes) promotional photo based on still from RKO's ''Citizen Kane'' (1941); used in "RKO Pictures" article {{promophoto}}

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current14:23, 10 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 14:23, 10 September 2010405 × 283 (25 KB)Cropbot (talk | contribs)upload cropped version, operated by User:Beao. Summary: cropped
16:29, 13 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 16:29, 13 November 2008410 × 287 (26 KB)File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) (talk | contribs) {{BotMoveToCommons|en.wikipedia}} {{Information |Description={{en|'''Description:''' Low-resolution reproduction of publicity photograph for the movie ''en:Citizen Kane'' (1941), featuring star en:Orson Welles<br> '''Original property rights ho

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