On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Robin McCain robin@slmr.com wrote:
Now the fun part - I buy a copy of that "new work". It has a new copyright. Exactly what is covered here? Only the "image" in the book. So if I went to the National Archives, found the negative of that print and made my own copy I could use my copy without restriction. However if I used a scanner or camera to copy the image from the "new work" itself then the new copyright would apply and I would need to obtain permission from the publisher.
I believe this was the the issue behind the National Portrait Gallery kerfluffle.