Elizabeth, I regret that I am unable to answer your question as I am only familiar with the details of UK law.
Hopefully there is someone from the US who can jump in. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.UK/ Elizabeth Cunningham <drybo...@netreach.net> wrote: >A lot of pictures were taken by my father, who died in 1948, so I >presume I can just use them. > >What do I do with pictures taken between 1910 and 1917, obviously by a >professional, but on which >there are no markings indicating who? Most in Phillipsburg, NJ. And >what about a picture >of my father on his 1923 high school football team? I have no idea who >took it, and do not know how >to get hold of the Yearbook it appeared in. > >Or am I worrying too much? > > Elizabeth C > > >Ron Ferguson wrote: >> Syble, >> >> Copyright of photos always belongs to the photographer unless assigned >> by him/her. >> >> However, one must be very careful when adding photos to sites such as >> those which you mention. It is essential to read carefully the >> detailed terms and conditions to ensure that they are not being given >> a free license to do as they wish with any pics. >> >> The onus is on the copyright holder. >> >> To be clear I am making no adverse comments about the companies to >> which you refer, as I have not read their terms of trade. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> Syble Glasscock <syble_...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Yes, I don't have a problem with anyone using my photos in the own >> genealogy database as long as they or anyone they share it with does >> not put it online. I really don't know how to put a watermark on the >> photo, but I have gone back and added a copyright to them or "Private >> Photo provided by" whoever has given me the photo, this is very time >> consuming and I'm not finished. >> A perfect example happened last week, I rec'd a call from a fellow >> researcher about 2000 miles away, from my dad's mom's side that has >> provided me with a lot of information which I've sourced as his >> research. He'd come across an ancestry.com tree that had >> information about our family that he'd not found, nor had I, as he >> and I searched through this particular tree, it was a mess, too many >> errors to correct, the tree was started by someone related to my >> mother's side of the family, but had taken upon themselves to add my >> dad's side including his mom's side including many generations, and a >> lot of photos originally provided to me by this caller was on this >> ancestry.com tree.. Since I don't have an ancestry tree, I don't >> know exactly how it works, but upon contacting this lady she had no >> idea where the information came from, she'd gotten it from other trees >> she said, and she had a 1880 census record attached to this person >> whom she had as having died in 1874. My fellow researcher left some >> comments noting the tree had lots of errors, but looks like several >> others have already copied and added to their tree. I've contacted >> ancestry.com in the past and continually pursued until I got some >> things removed, but in my opinion, they actually encourage this to >> have bigger numbers. I am EXTREMELY disappointed that Legacy or >> Family Search maybe be doing this also. >> Syble >> >> *From:* Eliz Hanebury <elizhg...@gmail.com> >> *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:14 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Webinar - Heritage Collector >> >> Syble, if like the rest of us who photograph sites for findagrave >> and other "FREE" online sites, you don't mind if people use the >> pics for their own (not charging) use. It seems to me that putting >> these photos in their trees is OK - a credit would be nice! I >> would use a watermark if I had a photoprogram I knew how to do >> that in <G> >> >> Eliz >> Not Today and Not without a Fight >> (Anon) >> >> For all that has been, thanks. >> For all that will be, yes. >> (Dag Hammarskjold) >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Syble Glasscock >> <syble_...@yahoo.com <mailto:syble_...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> >> I noticed that he demonstrated how you could take/steal a >> photo from a Family Tree on the Family Search website and drag >> it into this Heritage Collector software on your computer. I >> would think this is illegal, I've had numerous photos taken >> from my website and from where I've posted on findagrave.com >> <http://findagrave.com/> then they are added the ancestry.com >> <http://ancestry.com/> trees which is clearly against >> Findagrave and Ancestry's rules and I would certainly hope >> against the rules of Family Search. Those of us that spend >> hours either walking cemeteries taking tombstone photos, >> contacting relatives and requesting photos from them, >> restoring old photos or paying others to restore them are >> highly offended that others take this so lightly. People >> that take these, rarely source where the photo came from, then >> they are passed from tree to tree and some even attached to >> the wrong person with incorrect information. >> >> I hope this situation will be address properly from Legacy, >> Heritage Collector and from Family Search. >> >> Syble >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook >> (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog >> (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook >> (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog >> (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >> and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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