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Copyright and Other Restrictions


Unlike most of the materials presented on the Internet as part of American Memory, materials in Fifty Years of Coca-Cola Television Advertisements: Highlights from the Motion Picture Archives at the Library of Congress are subject to copyright and other legal concerns such as publicity rights. These materials are presented here with the permission of The Coca-Cola Company for private educational, scholarly, and research uses. Researchers should contact The Coca-Cola Company directly regarding uses that exceed fair use or for other permission-related information at:

Manager, Archives Department
The Coca-Cola Company
One Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30313

For information on the "Mean Joe Greene" commercial contact the above address.

The essays and other written materials in this presentation were prepared by or for Library of Congress staff and are not subject to copyright protection, particularly "Coca-Cola Advertising History" and "The 'Hilltop' Ad: The Story of a Commercial." They may be used without permission; proper credit is requested.

Items presented here with the permission of copyright owners include the following:

Nation's Restaurant News 30 (February 1996): 120-21, "Short Biography of Dr. John S. Pemberton, 1831-1888, Inventor of Coca-Cola" by Jack Hayes. Contact: Nation's Restaurant News, c/o Lebhar-Friedman, Inc., 425 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022.

Beverage Industry 87, no. 6 (June 1996): 16, "1940s: Industry in Transition."

Beverage Industry 87, no. 6 (June 1996): 20, "Fabulous 1950s."

Beverage Industry 87, no. 6 (June 1996): 26, "Swingin' 60s."

Beverage Industry 87, no. 6 (June 1996): 30, "Sipping in the 70s."

Beverage Industry 87, no. 6 (June 1996): 36, "Energetic 80s."

Beverage Industry 87, no. 6 (June 1996): 39, "New Age 90s."

Collection credit: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.


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