The copyright issue notwithstanding, has he asked Jim to use it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Raab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Image Copyright (was: Look at this greatauction!)
> >> I linked the image from a website. It was a copyright free bw >> image and I didn't suspect the site owner didn't like image linking... > > Is there really no copyright on these images? One can't assume that, > just because its a "old" black and white image, there is no copyright > on it. > > Russia joined the Berne Convention in 1995, so I assume the image > is copyrighted for the life time of the author plus 70 years. As far as > I know, this is also valid for works that were created before 1995. > > So, even if the photograpger died immediately after the Sikhote Alin > impact, the copyright would not expire before 2017... > > Cheers, > Herbert > > > ------------------------------------------- > Versendet durch aonWebmail (webmail.aon.at) > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
