Zombies_NightoftheLivingDead.jpg
Description Zombies NightoftheLivingDead.jpg | Zombies as portrayed in the movie Night of the Living Dead |
Date | The film was released in 1968 |
Source | Screenshot from timeinc.net |
Author | Direction and cinematography both by George A. Romero |
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
Public domain |
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This work is in the
public domain
in the United States because it was
published
in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive,
without a
copyright notice
. For further explanation, see
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as well as a
detailed definition
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p.m.a.
), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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Public domain
The original 1968 film Night of the Living Dead is in the public domain in the United States because of the failure of the distributor to provide a copyright notice on the film, as was required by U.S. copyright law at the time.
See: United States Senate, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Technology and the Law. Legal Issues that Arise when Color is Added to Films Originally Produced, Sold, and Distributed in Black and White (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1988). P. 83.