Bestand:Rage (1977) front cover, first edition.jpg

BeschrijvingRage (1977) front cover, first edition.jpg	English: Rage (1977) cover, first edition
Datum	gepubliceerd 1977
Bron	thedarktower.org (direct link)
Auteur	OnbekendUnknown author
Andere versies	Dit bestand is geëxtraheerd uit een ander bestand : Rage (1977) cover, first edition.jpg

The cover is in the public domain in the United States for the same reasons that apply to File:Jaws 1st edition 1975.jpg, which the US Copyright Office ruled is public domain. See File:Jaws illustration copyright decision.pdf.

There are no copyright notices on the cover. There is only one copyright notice inside the book: "COPYRIGHT © 1977 BY RICHARD BACHMAN". Note that Richard Bachman is a pen name of Stephen King, the author of the literary work Rage (1977).

The book is not a composite/collective work such that Stephen King's copyright notice applies to the cover.

Furthermore, even if a copyright notice inside the book applies to the cover art, King is not the name of the proprietor of the cover nor a name by which the proprietor is generally known. King is neither an assignee of the cover nor a licensee such that his copyright notice shields the proprietor from forfeiture. Thus the cover art is published without a copyright notice and is hence in the public domain.

The following links prove that the cover art does not have a copyright notice and that the inside of the book only has the copyright notice "COPYRIGHT © 1977 BY RICHARD BACHMAN".

• Inside front cover and page 1: Worthpoint (direct link)

• Pages 2 and 3 (catalog and title page): eBay (direct link)

• Pages 4 and 5 (copyright page and dedication page): eBay (direct link)

The ordering of the pages given above can be confirmed through the following links.

• Worthpoint:
  • inside front cover and page 1
  • pages 2 and 3
  • pages 4 and 5

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