[WikiEN-l] Interesting article on restored copyrights in US works between...

[Matthew Brown]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM,  <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> <<I see lots of stuff I know to be public domain in news media in  particular
> that credits it to Corbis, Getty, etc. This happens even in very  obvious
> cases, like US military photos of atomic  tests.>>
>
> Of course this is perfectly normal and in fact to do otherwise would be
> scandalous.
> IF you use my image, you had better give ME credit regardless of whether my
> image is of my toaster or the Taj Majal.  The image belongs to me, and I  give
> you permission to use it only if I'm credited, and not otherwise.
>
> That's S.O.P. in the image world.
> Nothing to do with copyright.  Seperate issue.

We were, I thought, talking of photos that Corbis does not own the
rights to and never did, and is certainly not the creator of.

-Matt