Row One Brand Uses Old Creative Works in the Public Domain Under U.S. Federal Copyright Law

Historic Sports Art Collection


Coolstub.com is owned and operated by Row One Brand. Row One is an American sports brand founded over a decade ago. Row One offers over 20,000 historic sports wall art prints and unique one-of-a kind sports gifts created from sports artifacts and creative works in the public domain under U.S. Federal Copyright Law.

The publications Row One uses are in the public domain due to: 1. expiration of copyright protection for older copyrighted works, 2. non-renewal of copyright registration, or 3. failure to copyright the creative work at the time of publication prior to 1989.

Row One uses old historic cover art, tickets, schedules, magazines, books, films, movies, cartoons, photos, illustrations, and paintings in the public domain under U.S. Federal Copyright Law to create our unique sports products.

Row One's historic products are not affiliated with, licensed, sponsored, authorized, or endorsed by any college, university, team, league, artist, athlete, coach, venue, other brand, or any licensing entity.

Row One respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects other parties to respect U.S. Federal Copyright Law regarding historic publications and creative works including ticket stub art, cover art, books, magazines, films, music, cartoons, drawings, paintings, and photos in the public domain.

A great example is the 1968 Auburn-Georgia football ticket below. This creative work by artist Phil Neel was published over 50 years ago without a copyright notice and fell into the public domain at that time. That means the art (entire ticket) can be reproduced exactly as it appeared in 1968 and Row One is not required to "black out" or censor the public university names that appear on the ticket. The ticket would have no historical value or meaning at that point.

Mid 1800s University of Alabama Admission Requirements Art

This Row One Brand vintage University of Alabama Admission Requirements canvas art (offered in our online gallery with 20,000 historic art prints) was created from a public domain publication over 160 years old! Geography exam will be conducted by "means of a black-board." This art is perfect for IP Lawyers and Intellectual Property Class Professors!