2008/11/19 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:
2008/11/19 Michael Galpert | Aviary
<michael(a)aviary.com>om>:
dont think that applies across the board since
some of these images are
being published for the first time
Really? I thought the published/unpublished distinction didn't affect
that in US law.
(I'm sure someone has full legal details to hand ...)
It is indeed *published* before 1923, though we've been a bit vague
about confirming this in the past. There's a very useful table of such
things here:
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/
However, archives like these are still very useful - if it was made
before 1923 for a news magazine, odds are high it were published quite
promptly, and it's often a lot easier to take their image and confirm
with a pre-1923 source than it is to ferret out the source and scan
from scratch...
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It does unfortunately say on the front page that "Most were never
published and are now available for the first time". I'm sure there's
still some good stuff in there that was published though. (I have to
admit I was unaware of the published/unpublished distinction too)
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