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It seems a bit odd for anyone who actually
has comprehensive permission to release the dvd to not have
contracted for the collorary rights like those for related packaging or to have
tried and failed to do so. I would wonder then why that seemingly obvious
element was not part of the package, if I were the person to whom recourse was
being had for use of a poster: did the copyright owners demur? In that case
my use of others' poster images for
commercial purposes (even if I got nothing) would open me up to an action. This
sort of issue is what is most often behind the failure to release all those
so-called OOP and rare-cult movies like The 300 Spartans (which was thisclose to
a dvd release last year when someone or someone's estate demurred for image use
and payment, music usage, etc. and that ended that).
Who owns the rights is not the question if you do
not.
But check out the copyright laws of the relevant countries: if
all of the poster's rights owners have had their rights lapse, then that's
a different issue.
Generally the use of copyright material for
educational or merely incidental to other (commercial) use is
usually permissible under most countries copyright laws. This is how the images
can be placed in texts and in catalogs for sale of the poster (not for sale
of the dvd!) without having to reimburse the copyright owners. Craig,
Vancouver
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:43
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Who owns the rights
to a poster?
I've had a couple distributors come calling about using images
of my posters
in their DVD's. I just sent them to Bruce (saying he
probably already had
the images they wanted - and professionally
photographed to boot)...
Bruce (or Nourmand, or a few others) would be
the ones to ask. I have a
feeling that they don't license the images
for their books (or there'd be a
page in all their books listing copyrights
and permissions for each image
and studio). Wasn't it not too long
ago Bruce posted here saying something
to the effect of: "I can do
whatever I want with a photograph of MY
poster."???
I'd love to know
all the legalities myself?
Good day all,
Bob
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From: "Lynch Posters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
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Sent:
Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:01 AM
Subject: [MOPO] Who owns the rights to a
poster?
>I was contacted by a distribution company today that is
releasing two David
> Lynch films on DVD for the foreign market. They
enquired about using
> several
> of the foreign posters on my
website for either the cover, the insert or
> the
> DVD
extras.
>
> This brought up the question of who owns the rights to
a movie poster?
> (Domestic posters, re-releases, foreign posters,
re-issues, etc, etc....)
> Who owns the rights to an image of a movie
poster?
>
> In the post NSS era, it seems obvious that the studio
releasing the film,
> likley commissioned the production and printing of
the poster and would
> have
> the rights to it. Examples of Disney
posters and perhaps Miramax seem
> relatively clear, especially with
their small print disclaminers. But what
> about the Polish version of
"WIld At Heart" or the German A1 for "Lost
> Highway"? What about my
personal photograph of these poster?
>
> Any
thoughts?
>
>
> Lynch Posters
>
> Specializing
in US and Foreign posters from the films of David Lynch.
>
> www.LynchPosters.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
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