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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Dec 2011 at 23:05:13 (UTC)

Reason
Insanely high EV, professional drawing, nice and clear. Featured at commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Superman (animated short)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Fleischer Studios
  • After reading Superman#Copyright issues and some of the articles it cites, I am not at all comfortable with the idea that this film is in the public domain. Two years ago Judge Larson seems to have reaffirmed that the character of Superman is under copyright and that new films using the character need to be individually renegotiated with the family that owns that copyright (the only reason their most recent claim was denied was that they had previously negotiated the rights). Some aspects of the case are still pending but there seems no basic doubt of ownership of the character. So I see no reason why a preexisting movie would not be subject to the same standard: the copyright for the film as such and for the character are two separate things, the latter still held by the family. Chick Bowen 04:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per Chick Bowen Dusty777 (talk) 00:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:20, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]