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Rights and Restrictions Information

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730


DC Comics artworks are protected by copyright. Privacy and publicity rights may apply.

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, which prohibits photocopying of the original drawings and digital prints.

Publication and other forms of distribution: Restricted. Artwork in the DC Comics Collection are restricted by copyright. Works created after January 1, 1978 are protected for the creator's life plus 70 years. (See P&P Collection Files.) In addition, DC Comics has stipulated that artworks in this collection may not be published without permission. Privacy and publicity rights may also apply. Contact information:

DC Comics, Inc.
Attn: Rights and Permissions
1700 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 636-5946 (Rights and Permissions Hotline)
(212) 636-5595

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, drawing (or digital image) by [artist's name], DC Comics' 9-11 September 11th 2001 [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456]

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Prepared by: Prints and Photographs Division staff. Last revised: Aug. 26, 2002.


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