[WikiEN-l] "Permission required" on copyright expired images...

[Sarah Ewart]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Is that "date taken" or "date published"? This is why provenance of
> photographs (both photographer and publication details, and dates) is
> important. You should also make clear *who* is saying that this
> photograph was taken in 1903. Sometimes publication and photographed
> dates are mixed up. Also, the location where something is published
> can be important.


If the photographer is known, it's 'taken before 1 Jan 1955'.  If the
photographer is not known or they are anonymous or pseudonymous, it's 'taken
or published before 1 Jan 1955'.