Sorry,

But current copyright law applies to ALL photographs, and to all other
copyright material, regardless of when produced.


"lgb" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
Under current legislation, virtually ALL photographs are copyright.

A written notice of copyright, on the image or on the back of the image,
has
no effect on the assignment of copyright and is not required to
establish
copyright.

But these photos weren't made under current law - they were made under
the copyright laws of 1909 or thereabouts. Those laws did require the
photographer to stamp the photo if he wanted it copyrighted.

Since none of these bore such a stamp, it is a logical assumption that
the photographer did not care to copyright them.

The fact the current law may have changed the status of these photos
only goes to show how asinine Congress can be. Isn't there something in
the Constitution about post facto laws?

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