[PRCo] Re: Question about slides

[Howard Andrews]

Having worked as a photographer for multiple publications I've had some experience with this. 
Basically the creator of the image owns the rights to reproduce it for commercial use unless they sell those rights. Possession of the physical image (ie. the slide) carries no rights. If you buy a slide basically to own the slide, not the image. 

As Herb points out this is based in copyright law. To enforce your rights the image must be copyrighted. Images created prior to 2000 are most likely NOT copyrighted since you had to do a formal filing to obtain the copy right. Most amateurs did not bother to do this. 

After 2000 the the creator was granted a copyright at the moment they made an image. So basically everything is now copyrighted. 

Howard 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 2:10:10 PM 
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Question about slides 

According to the Library of Congress, basic copyrights are as follows: 
Copyrighted material prior to the year 2000: Copyright lasts 21 years from 
original date of copyright or renewal of copyright. 

Copyrighted material beginning in the year 2000: Copyright last the life of 
the creator (writer, photographer, etc) PLUS 75 years. 

See the Library of Congress website for any other changes, exceptions, etc. 




On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 14:03, Jim Keener <jimktrains at gmail.com> wrote: 

> If I buy a slide, do I then have the right to, say, scan it and put it 
> up online, or are those rights still owned by the original photographer? 
> 
> Jim 
> 
> 


-- 
Herb Brannon 
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park