I'm glad this topic came up because I also have a question about one old photo. My parents married in 1931 and their flower girl was an 11 yr. old girl who later became a famous movie star. There was a picture taken of the complete wedding party including this little girl and a copy was given to the little girl's parents as a momento. The movie star died a number of years ago, but I recently found a web page as a tribute to her and the picture of my parent's wedding is on that web site along with the date and my parent's names. No one EVER contacted my brother or I to ask permission to use it. I understand that a book about this movie star is also coming out this year and the picture might be in there. How can this be allowed without ever seeking permission from us? Marilyn

The answer to that is very simple and it is actually the same answer to all similar copyright questions. Under copyright law there is nothing to stop anyone publishing anything without asking permission first. It is not an offence to do so. However if someone publishes something that is still under copyright they can be made to rectify the situation. This could take the form of withdrawing the offending item. It could be paying royalties to make use of the item. It could be paying compensation to the copyright owner or it could be a combination of all three. 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. Cheers Guy Kaesemein@aol.com wrote: > I'm glad this topic came up because I also have a question about one old > photo. > > My parents married in 1931 and their flower girl was an 11 yr. old girl who > later became > a famous movie star. There was a picture taken of the complete wedding > party including > this little girl and a copy was given to the little girl's parents as a > momento. > > The movie star died a number of years ago, but I recently found a web page > as a tribute to her and the picture of my parent's wedding is on that web > site along with the date and my parent's names. No one EVER contacted my brother > or I to ask permission to use it. I understand that a book about this movie > star is also coming out this year and the picture might be in there. How > can this be allowed without ever seeking permission from us? > > > Marilyn > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list click on mailto:COPYRIGHT-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or mailto:COPYRIGHT-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest mode) – Contact COPYRIGHT-admin@rootsweb.com for list related problems. For the COPYRIGHT-L archives, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/copyright. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells The site that gives you facts not promises! http://anguline.co.uk/ An organisation dedicated to bring rare books on CD, at an affordable price, to the local history researcher and to the family history researcher.

It sounds to me like that this. If this little girl had never become a movie star, and she grew up like normal little girls, you would have no problem with her using a picture which her family POSSESSES and is not going to put into a book. SInce she is now famous, and you think she must have money (a very poor assumption), you are just after some money. You a greedy and jealous. So, why not just call her attorney and publisher and make your ransom demands, just to shut you up. I don't think you have a leg to stand on. Nor a pillow to sleep upon at night assuming a vampire like you can sleep at night. But go ahead, milk it for all it is worth. It is people like you who ruin our legal system and society. I don't like you at all. > From: Guy Etchells <guy.etchells@virgin.net> > Reply-To: COPYRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 19:23:26 +0100 > To: COPYRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [COPYRIGHT] Publishing old photos > Resent-From: COPYRIGHT-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 12:23:35 -0600 > > Kaesemein@aol.com wrote: >> I'm glad this topic came up because I also have a question about one old >> photo. >> >> My parents married in 1931 and their flower girl was an 11 yr. old girl who >> later became >> a famous movie star. There was a picture taken of the complete wedding >> party including >> this little girl and a copy was given to the little girl's parents as a >> momento. >> >> The movie star died a number of years ago, but I recently found a web page >> as a tribute to her and the picture of my parent's wedding is on that web >> site along with the date and my parent's names. No one EVER contacted my >> brother >> or I to ask permission to use it. I understand that a book about this movie >> star is also coming out this year and the picture might be in there. How >> can this be allowed without ever seeking permission from us? >> >> >> Marilyn >>