Dear Rich: I am writing a play based on the life of Phil Saviano, the clergy-abuse survivor who was featured in the movie Spotlight (portray...

Dear Rich: Ian Fleming's Casino Royale  entered the public domain in Japan in 2015, 50 years after his death. The same 50-year rule appl...

Dear Rich: If a reporter has consent to interview someone, can that reporter also play that recording during an interview on air?   The repo...

Dear Rich: I run a volunteer-run/non-profit educational program for students who have failed the Naplex several times. I saw PowerPoints p...

Listen to Bessie Smith Dear Rich: I'm trying to determine if a recording of a song from 1923 is in the public domain for use as backgrou...

This dress was made by Mrs. G. R. (Dorothy) Overall of Caldwell, Kansas, in 1959 for the Cotton Bag Sewing Contest  Dear Rich: Would it be ...

Dear Rich: I want to use a small portion of lyrics from a copyrighted song (We're Off To See The Wizard," by  E.Y. Harburg and Haro...

Trick photograph of man with two heads (1901)   Dear Rich: I have a new, unique book soon to be published about judging the quality of art...

Frank Sinatra with eden ahbez  (ahbez did not  capitalize his name  believing that "only God and infinity deserved capitalization....

Dear Rich: I used to write songs with a musician friend until we had a falling out. Fast forward four years, and I'm now releasing an al...

Dear Rich: I have written a play and movie script around a public matricide.  I gained access to years of diaries, photos, and scrapbooks ...

Dear Rich: I am writing a martial arts mobile phone app. The app includes text describing the martial arts movements and choreography illust...

Dear Rich: Does putting "Copyright 2023" at the bottom of website pages protect the site from visitors who download an image or ...

Dear Rich: I am adapting needlework-like designs used in pottery/chinaware by creating patterns for needleworkers. Much of the chinaware was...

Frida Kahlo age 12 (1919) Dear Rich: I'm filming a romantic comedy in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and refer to the artist Frida Kah...

Dear Rich: I am writing a historical fantasy novel, and I want to incorporate elements from Henry Gilbert's Robin Hood (1911). Despite ...

Our favorite negotiation text Dear Rich: I've been negotiating a license agreement with a company specializing in branding cleaning prod...

Dear Rich: I am working on a book project which would use advertisements from a major U.S. corporation that were published in a popular U.S....

Bo Jackson photo by Chris Putnam  (altered) Dear Rich: I’m trying to figure out if I can pair a sports card displayed with a piece of match...

Ulysses S. Grant -  Virginia, June 1864 Dear Rich: I am writing a book about the Civil War. I would like to include certain quotes from let...