Re: [MOPO] Are movie posters legal?

[Susan Heim]

Hey Alan,    There is one other aspect of this that I hadn't mentioned previously. I thought about it last night. Remember, in the mid 70's, many of the National Screen Service centers were closing down or cleaning out. The literally put tons of paper on pallets and you could buy it for a few cents a pound (something like that). MGM had a huge sale in the 70's of old material. I bought tons of paper, including movie posters, costume sketches, art design layouts, etc. All of that was the property of the studio but had now made it's way into the public.  In the 1980's Warner Brothers did a massive cleanout of old paper. I have a friend that had a salvage company and got tons of that paper. There were tons of movie posters, thousands of cancelled checks, artwork, etc., etc.  I bought about 200 of those cancelled checks with signatures like Rod Serling, Henry Hathaway, early Copolla, Cagney, Davis, Bogart, just amazing stuff. So, in this manner, the studios themselves have made available to the public a lot of the material that is out there. As for more current titles, since there is no longer any "studio property" mention on the posters, I believe it is as I said to you yesterday, they just can't keep up with it anymore, especially with the flood of reproductions that are out there. Just some added thoughts.   Sue Heim   ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Bayersdorfer To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:39 AM Subject: [MOPO] Are movie posters legal? A question for the group: Why is it legal for collectors and dealers to buy and sell movie posters when most domestic posters say..."Property of Nat'l Screen Service.  Licensing for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre.  Must be returned immediately thereafter." I always wondered about this and thought it would be an interesting question to pose to the group. Alan Bayersdorfer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com          Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com    ___________________________________________________________________               How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List        Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]             In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L     The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.