Summary

Description The Temptations 1968.JPG	Photo of the music group The Temptations.
Date	11 May 1968
Source	Billboard page 7
Author	Motown Records
Permission ( Reusing this file )	Pre-1978, no mark
Other versions	This file has an extracted image : DavidRuffin(1968).jpg .

• Motown Records issued the ad without any copyright marks or notations.
• This is a better quality version of the photo.
• US Copyright Office page 3-magazines are collective works ( PDF )

"A notice for the collective work will not serve as the notice for advertisements inserted on behalf of persons other than the copyright owner of the collective work. These advertisements should each bear a separate notice in the name of the copyright owner of the advertisement."

• Copyright for Billboard magazine would not affect this non-marked Motown Records ad. Motown didn't label their ad as under copyright.

Licensing

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