Eric, Before I even made this poster that question came up, when I asked the
graphic artist he said the picture was in the public domain, I hope he was
right. I am just trying to make a nice item available for others. I know how
hard these are to find, If there are copyrights then I hope that there is no
problem as no malice was intended. I looked closely at the original and see
no trademark or copyright label. I went on the advice of the graphic
artist, he is more familiar with these copyright issues than I am. The US
copyright office states:
The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all the following
three elements:
1. The symbol ) (the letter C in a circle), or the word "Copyright," or the
abbreviation "Copr."; and
2. The year of first publication of the work. In the case of compilations or
derivative works incorporating previously published material, the year date
of first publication of the compilation or derivative work is sufficient.
The year date may be omitted where a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work,
with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting
cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or any useful article;
and
3. The name of the owner of copyright in the work, or an abbreviation by
which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative
designation of the owner.
None of these items are on the poster, so my guess is as good as yours. If
you happen to know of a copyright let me know as soon as possible as I do
not want to infringe on it. I do know that as an example there have been
owners manual reproduced by vendor's, are there copyright issues there??
Thanks, Gerardo
----- Original Message -----
From: <efrisbee@charter.net>
To: <gerardomagana@sbcglobal.net>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Datsun Posters:
> Gerardo,
> I'm not trying to cause trouble or anything, but did you check to see if
> there are any copyrights or anything on that photo? Yeah, it would be
> nice to get a copy of it, but not so nice to shell out a ton of money only
> to find it was reproduced illegally... just my concerns! :)
>
> Eric
>
>
>> Hello all, Just in today!! I had some beautiful reproductions made of
>> the
>> Nissan point of sale poster. This is the poster with the 67.5 2000 that
>> was
>> restored by Les Cannaday for the dream garage series. I had purchased
>> one on
>> E-bay and there were a few people interested in that piece when I bought
>> it
>> At the request of the people that also wanted a copy I went through the
>> trouble of reproducing it. I sent the original to a graphic artist who
>> did
>> all of the work, the poster was scanned with a high resolution drum
>> scanner.
>> The artwork included cleaning up the wrinkles, color correction etc. The
>> poster was then sent to the studio for reproduction. I had a very
>> limited run
>> made of these, and don't expect to make more as I am only covering the
>> cost of
>> the project. They are 47 dollars each and include shipping with that
>> price in
>> the US. Here are the details on the poster.
>>
>> Printed in a professional lab.
>>
>> Printed on Kodak Ultra Endure paper
>>
>> Digitally exposed on a Color Laser writer.
>>
>> The paper has State-of-the-art image stability
>>
>> These are not cheap poster's they are true photographic prints, they look
>> better than the original. If you are interested let me know, I have a
>> sample
>> photo that I can send if you need to see it. This truly is a great
>> addition
>> to any garage art, especially for us Datsun roadster fanatics. The only
>> way
>> it would get better is if we could get Les to sign them for us, I know I
>> sure
>> would like mine to get signed!!
>> Thanks, Gerardo
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