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English: Description: Low-resolution reproduction of promotional photograph for the The Shadow radio series, featuring star Orson Welles, 1937 or 1938

Corporate author: Mutual Broadcasting System
Source: Radio Archives

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  • The image was created to be freely distributed for the express purpose of promoting the commercial radio series whose star it depicts. There is no evidence that copyright notice was originally filed on the image, as then required for protection.
  • A search of copyright renewal records for 1964 through 1966 ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]) reveals no evidence that Mutual Broadcasting System renewed copyrights to this image or any collection of images or any collection of material that might encompass this image as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any.
  • There is no evidence that CBS Corporation, the corporate heir to Mutual Broadcasting System, claims copyright on the image.
Date or 1938
date QS:P,+1937-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1937-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1938-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source PBS
Author Mutual Broadcasting System (Corporate Author)

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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 Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 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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  • 2006-11-23 05:08 DCGeist 358×444× (46585 bytes) low-res image of promotional photo for ''[[The Shadow]]'' radio series, staring [[Orson Welles]] {{promophoto}} == Fair use in [[Mutual Broadcasting System] == The image linked here is claimed by Wikipedia editor [[User:DCGeist|DCGeist]] to be used und

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current09:15, 26 March 2018Thumbnail for version as of 09:15, 26 March 20182,000 × 2,390 (720 KB)Xover (talk | contribs)Higher res version from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/worlds/
12:54, 24 February 2010Thumbnail for version as of 12:54, 24 February 2010358 × 444 (45 KB)File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) (talk | contribs) {{BotMoveToCommons|en.wikipedia|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information |Description={{en|'''Description:''' Low-resolution reproduction of promotional photograph for the ''en:The Shadow'

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