On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM, WJhonson@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