Moira,
Send your colleague here to start:
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/
It's doubtful that a commercial film would be in the public domain. It's also doubtful that fair use might apply for commercial graphic design, since the jury still seems to be out about whether such use is fair even for non-profit educational purposes (i.e. there's no clear precedent).
Best,
Marc Gartler
Director of Library Services
Harrington College of Design
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Hi Moira,
Send any additional information you have: title of the movie, year released, studio, description of the movie still in question.
Kathleen
Kathleen List
Ringling College of Art and Design
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST on behalf of Moira Steven
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Greetings all!
I know we're all packing to head off to Denver, but I thought I throw this
out to all of you.
One of my colleagues is doing a freelance graphic design project and wants
to use a movie still. He'd like to see if the one he has in mind is in
public domain. Anyone have any ideas how to go about doing this? My
guess is that very little if anything from the movie industry is public
domain, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
See ya'll soon! And thanks in advance for your collective wisdom.
Moira
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