Some interesting information and thoughts in this post from Eric; but I did find this portion a bit preposterous:
On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Eric Eldred <eldred[_at_]eldritchpress.org> wrote:
>
> a class in advertising wanted to reproduce magazine ads from
> the 1920s. It was unable to do so because it has now become
> impossible to find the copyright or trademark owners -- the
> companies have vanished, but their rights linger on.
It seems to me that multiple copies for classroom use, combined with a good faith effort to locate and obtain permission from copyright owners who can't be found, comes as close to a zero-risk fair use case as any I've seen. As far as the trademark part of it goes, a three-minute search of the USPTO Trademark Database would have confirmed whether those rights "linger on" or not, and who currently owns them.
> Robert C. Cumbow
> Graham & Dunn, P.C.
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> Seattle, Washington 98101-2390
> Phone: 206-340-9619
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> E-mail: rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com
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>
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