The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers claim a copyright on all photos donated to them. Most were donated by descendants of the person in the photo not by the photographer. Are these truly copyrightable? Betseylee ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <COPYRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [COPYRIGHT] Publishing old photos > > In a message dated 5/1/2006 2:24:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, > guy.etchells@virgin.net writes: > > First you would have to ascertain who the copyright owner of the photo > was, it may be the photographer and not you or your brother. > > > > --- > And the likelihood that even a professional photographer has renewed the > copyright to a wedding photo taken in 1931 is slim to none...and even in > the > unlikely event he did renew copyright (perhaps because he learned the > flower > girl was a celebrity and he wanted to capitalize on it) the only person > who > could file a complaint about infringement would be the photographer or his > heirs. > > Joan > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > LATIN-WORDS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or > historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in > Latin from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old > Latin words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To > subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:LATIN-WORDS-L-request@rootsweb.com > (Mail Mode) or mailto:LATIN-WORDS-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >