Play Smooth Operator Knowledge Quiz: How Well You Know Sade
Smooth Operator Knowledge Quiz: How Well You Know Sade
Discover how well you know Sade Adu with this engaging quiz—test your knowledge of her timeless music, soulful voice, and career highlights to see if you're a true fan!
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<ul><li>As stated by film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in <i>The Complete Film Production Handbook</i> (Focal Press, 2001, p. 211.):<br>"Publicity photos (star headshots) have traditionally not been copyrighted. Since they are disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain, and therefore clearance by the studio that produced them is not necessary."</li>
<li>Nancy Wolff, in <i>The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook</i> (Allworth Communications, 2007, p. 55.), notes:<br>"There is a vast body of photographs, including but not limited to publicity stills, that have no notice as to who may have created them."</li>
<li>Film industry author Gerald Mast, in <i>Film Study and the Copyright Law</i> (1989, p. 87), writes:<br>"According to the old copyright act, such production stills were not automatically copyrighted as part of the film and required separate copyrights as photographic stills. The new copyright act similarly excludes the production still from automatic copyright but gives the film's copyright owner a five-year period in which to copyright the stills. Most studios have never bothered to copyright these stills because they were happy to see them pass into the public domain, to be used by as many people in as many publications as possible."</li>
<li>Kristin Thompson, committee chairperson of the Society for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//cmstudies.org">Cinema and Media Studies</a> writes in the conclusion of a 1993 conference of cinema scholars and editors<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="//web.archive.org/web/20131004004521/http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/links/cached/chapter7/link7.59b.fairusageandfilmstills.html">[1]</a>, that:<br>"[The conference] expressed the opinion that it is not necessary for authors to request permission to reproduce frame enlargements... [and] some trade presses that publish educational and scholarly film books also take the position that permission is not necessary for reproducing frame enlargements and publicity photographs."</li></ul>](https://d3le1x71fx28bd.cloudfront.net/30fd0fe0-4420-4065-9b4a-cbe0323ab6fe/9d1af8fa-e090-4313-abc6-fec93ab0bba3.jpg "Image in QuizMyDay Smooth Operator Knowledge Quiz: How Well You Know Sade trivia quiz featuring This is a <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Publicity_still\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:en:Publicity still\">publicity still</a> taken and publicly distributed to promote the subject or a work relating to the subject.
<ul><li>As stated by film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in <i>The Complete Film Production Handbook</i> (Focal Press, 2001, p. 211.):<br>\"Publicity photos (star headshots) have traditionally not been copyrighted. Since they are disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain, and therefore clearance by the studio that produced them is not necessary.\"</li>
<li>Nancy Wolff, in <i>The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook</i> (Allworth Communications, 2007, p. 55.), notes:<br>\"There is a vast body of photographs, including but not limited to publicity stills, that have no notice as to who may have created them.\"</li>
<li>Film industry author Gerald Mast, in <i>Film Study and the Copyright Law</i> (1989, p. 87), writes:<br>\"According to the old copyright act, such production stills were not automatically copyrighted as part of the film and required separate copyrights as photographic stills. The new copyright act similarly excludes the production still from automatic copyright but gives the film's copyright owner a five-year period in which to copyright the stills. Most studios have never bothered to copyright these stills because they were happy to see them pass into the public domain, to be used by as many people in as many publications as possible.\"</li>
<li>Kristin Thompson, committee chairperson of the Society for <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"//cmstudies.org\">Cinema and Media Studies</a> writes in the conclusion of a 1993 conference of cinema scholars and editors<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external autonumber\" href=\"//web.archive.org/web/20131004004521/http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/links/cached/chapter7/link7.59b.fairusageandfilmstills.html\">[1]</a>, that:<br>\"[The conference] expressed the opinion that it is not necessary for authors to request permission to reproduce frame enlargements... [and] some trade presses that publish educational and scholarly film books also take the position that permission is not necessary for reproducing frame enlargements and publicity photographs.\"</li></ul>")
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Did You Know?
Sade Adu studied fashion design at Saint Martin’s School of Art in London before ever recording music with the band Sade, where she later designed some of her own stage outfits.
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Q:What is Sade Adu's birth name and nationality?
A:Her birth name is Helen Folasade Adu, and she is British-Nigerian.
Sade Adu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and raised in England. Her cultural background influences her soulful sound and style, blending African roots with British sophistication.
Q:How was the band Sade originally formed?
A:Sade formed from members of a London Latin soul band called Pride.
While performing with Pride, Sade Adu and key musicians branched off to form their own group. Their chemistry and distinct sound quickly attracted major label interest.
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Did You Know?
Before forming the band Sade, Sade Adu was a backup singer for a short-lived funk band called Pride, which also included future Sade band members Stuart Matthewman and Paul Denman.