Keynote

Would this famous image seen around the world be copyrighted?

 

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Uglysign

As far as I know, the picture of Uncle Sam in the "I WANT YOU" Army recruiting poster is not copyright-protected. James Montgomery Flagg created the original painting in 1916; and based on what I have read about copyright law, it is my understanding that any painting produced in 1916 could not be copyright protected as of 1997, since more than 75 years have passed.

 

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Keynote

ok sweet thanks

 

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Chani

You might want to double check on that, tho.

I'm under the impression that nothing before 1927 is actually copyrighted, but again, you might want to check to make sure...there have been some issues with items created hundreds of years ago and who has the rights to their images...

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AddVenture

Quote: Originally Posted by Uglysign As far as I know, the picture of Uncle Sam in the "I WANT YOU" Army recruiting poster is not copyright-protected. James Montgomery Flagg created the original painting in 1916; and based on what I have read about copyright law, it is my understanding that any painting produced in 1916 could not be copyright protected as of 1997, since more than 75 years have passed.

that is quoted from this page:

About the Uncle Sam Image Gallery

also found with a google search:

WikiAnswers - Does the uncle sam poster have copyright

you can find just about any answer you want on the internet.

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Chani

Cool. Thanks!

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sunnydayz

I would recheck that info as copyright's are usually for the life of the artist plus 70 years. So that could possibly be much longer than 75 years.

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