Cheryl, This is not necessarily the case in the UK where for photos copyright expires 70 years after the death of the owner, or fifty years after the date of first publication - with certain exceptions.
Under review at present. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ singhals <singh...@erols.com> wrote: >Elizabeth Cunningham 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 > >AIUI, a photo taken before 1927 is now in the Public Domain >in the US. I would imagine that is true world-wide, since >it's a result of the 1976 international copyright revision >conference. > >Cheryl > > > >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
