Cartoon Drawings
Rights and Restrictions Information
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730
The Cartoon Drawings collection (CD1)
contains original drawings for cartoons,
spanning the late 1700s to the present,
by hundreds of cartoonists. Patrons wishing
to publish or otherwise distribute items
from this collection must conduct item-specific
assessments of the rights which may be
associated with the specific pieces. All
information documented by P&P staff
regarding publication and/or copyright
claimants has been recorded in the catalog
record. When the Library is aware of restriction
information on a specific artist, it is
available under the artist's name.
Access: Permitted; subject to P&P policy on serving
originals.
Reproduction (photocopying, hand-held camera copying,
photoduplication and other forms of copying allowed by "fair
use"): Permitted;
subject to P&P policy on copying. This policy prohibits xeroxing of
original drawings.
Publication and other forms of distribution: Works published
works before 1923 are now in the public domain. Published works copyrighted
1923 through 1977 that are still in their original term of copyright or
whose copyright was renewed are protected for 95 years from the copyright
date. (Copyrights registered up until Dec. 31, 1963 expired after 28 years,
unless the copyright was renewed. The only way to determine whether items
published from 1924 through 1963 are still in a renewal term of copyright
is to do a copyright search and establish that the item was copyrights
and that the copyright was renewed.) Unpublished works created but not
registered for copyright before January 1, 1978 may be protected by copyright
law until the year 2002 or the life of the author/creator/copyright holder
plus 70 years, whichever is longer. Unpublished works registered for copyright
before 1923 are now in the public domain. Works created after Jan. 1,
1978 are protected for the author/creator/copyright holders' life plus
70 years. All information documented by P&P staff regarding publication
and/or copyright claimants has been recorded in the catalog record When
restriction information on a specific artist is known, it is available
under the artist's name.
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC- USZ62-90145]
For more information, please read: Copyright
and Other Restrictions: ... Sources for Information
Prepared by: Prints and Photographs Division staff. Last revised: December
1, 1999.
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