يقع هذا العمل في النِّطاق العامّ في الولايات المُتحدة الأَمريكيَّة لأَنَّه نُشر فيها بين عامي 1929 و1977 ضِمناً، دون وجود إِشعارٍ بحقوق التَّأليف والنَّشر. للمزيد مِن التوضيحات انظر كومنز:مخطط هيرتل والتَّعاريف التَّفصيلية لمسائِل نشر الفنون العامَّة. يَلزم الانتباه إِلى أَن حقوق التَّأليف والنَّشر قد تكون ساريةً في الولايات القضائية حيث لا يسري بند حكم الفترة الأقصر على الأعمال الأَمريكيَّة (حسب تاريخ وفاة المُؤَلِّف)، فهي مثلاً 50 عاماً بعد الوفاة في كندا وفي برِّ الصِّين الرَّئِيسيِّ الَّذي لا يَشمل هونغ كونغ وماكاو و70 عاماً في أَلمانيا وسويسرا و100 عام في المكسيك.
It was created for publicity purposes-distribution to the media. The image was meant to bring attention and publicity for the personalities pictured, and the film in which they starred.
Film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook, (Focal Press, 2001 p. 211.):
"Publicity photos (star headshots) have traditionally not been copyrighted. Since they are disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain, and therefore clearance by the studio that produced them is not necessary."
"There is a vast body of photographs, including but not limited to publicity stills, that have no notice as to who may have created them." (The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook By Nancy E. Wolff, Allworth Communications, 2007, p. 55.)
"Publicity Photos (star headshots) older publicity stills have usually not been copyrighted and since they have been disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain and therefore there is no necessity to clear them with the studio that produced them (if you can even determine who did)."
United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies.
2 The year of first publication. If the work is a derivative work or a compilation incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the derivative work or compilation is sufficient. Examples of derivative works are translations or dramatizations; an example of a compilation is an anthology. The year may be omitted when 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 useful articles.