Although I love McMurtry, I haven’t read him since 2012, when I last did the whole Thalia series, so he was ripe for a revisit. Photo credits do not appear on the original dust jacket and do not meet these requirements, nor do the identifications of the publisher and author.Well, it’s time to start my Larry McMurtry 2022 Re-reading Project, and I decided to kick off with the Duane Moore series, tracing the fortunes of a small Texas town, Thalia, and its inhabitants it’s also third in the Thalia trilogy which were the first three books McMurtry wrote. Neither the year '1966' nor a copyright symbol (or any acceptable variant) appear anywhere on the dust jacket. If just one of these elements is omitted, the work is deemed to be published without notice and is not eligible for copyright protection. 'The name of the copyright owner, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner.'.'The year of first publication for the work' and.'The symbol © or the word 'Copyright' or the abbreviation 'Copr.' or an acceptable variant such as '(c)'.Keep in mind that the pre-1989 requirements for copyright notice were highly formalistic and, other than a few enumerated exceptions, required these three elements: Likewise, a notice appearing in a book is not an acceptable notice for the dust jacket or any material appearing on that dust jacket, even if the book refers to the jacket or material appearing on the jacket.' 'A notice of copyright on the dust jacket of a book is not an acceptable notice for the book, because the dust jacket is not permanently attached to the book. Copyright Office Practices: Chapter 2200, § 2207.1(C) at p.

However, the first-edition dust jacket did not carry a separate copyright notice. The Last Picture Show was first published in 1966 the hardcover book itself carried a copyright notice, so its contents remain copyrighted. Second, the portrait was first published prior to 1978 without a valid copyright notice.First, the photo is a mechanical scan/photocopy of the portrait and does not qualify for independent copyright protection.Cropped to include only the portrait and lightly retouched by uploader. This photo was scanned from the dust jacket of the original edition of the novel 'The Last picture show' (1966), published by Dial Press.

English: Portrait of Larry McMurtry from the dust jacket of his novel 'The Last Picture Show' (1966)

The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry