I would bet a lot (were I a gambler) that Olin Mills has not copyrighted any portrait of their customers for MANY years, if ever. When we did that article, I checked the case reports and records of the copyright office rather widely and found not a single such copyright of other than their own people. The copyright law does NOT provide a blanket protection for such as future photos or even future writings. They have protection for their logo and nothing more; we can not gain protection for books we may one day write. Paul Drake JD Genealogist & Author <www.DrakesBooks.com> 931-484-9129 ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenny Hedgpeth To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 2:00 PM Subject: RE: [VAROOTS] Fw: copyrights, "Fair Use", and genealogy I have always wondered about those Olin Mills photos that numerious people put on their personal web sites :) obviously IF I was to post one of those, [which I haven't yet] but I sure as heck would crop the picture so as to not show the companies name ... which does indicate their copyright ... Ken -