I just came across this lilttle tidbit, which naturally, jump starts my brain with questions...
I see people state " The image did not have copyright or the symbol on it anywhere", now I know that this is not required, what I just learned ( unless I'm getting bad info) is that before 1989 it was required..So my questions are...
1. What is the likelyhood that GI has any images in their library from before 1989?
I'd venture to guess there are some..if not many GI has been around for quite a while
2. What is the likelyhood that GI took the proper steps to keep these images out of the public domain when the law changed??
Knowing that "supposedly" Getty does not register most of their images, I would think, they probably didn't take these steps either..
3. Could some of these images in their Letters actually be in the public domain??
What I just read from Public Domain Sherpa ~ http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/index.html
...."Although copyright notices are no longer required in the United States (as I mentioned above), they used to be. If the photograph was published before 1989, it needed a copyright notice. If it was published without one, it went into the public domain unless the copyright owner fixed the problem within a certain time.""
Thoughts, opinions, rebuttals??
I see people state " The image did not have copyright or the symbol on it anywhere", now I know that this is not required, what I just learned ( unless I'm getting bad info) is that before 1989 it was required..So my questions are...
1. What is the likelyhood that GI has any images in their library from before 1989?
I'd venture to guess there are some..if not many GI has been around for quite a while
2. What is the likelyhood that GI took the proper steps to keep these images out of the public domain when the law changed??
Knowing that "supposedly" Getty does not register most of their images, I would think, they probably didn't take these steps either..
3. Could some of these images in their Letters actually be in the public domain??
What I just read from Public Domain Sherpa ~ http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/index.html
...."Although copyright notices are no longer required in the United States (as I mentioned above), they used to be. If the photograph was published before 1989, it needed a copyright notice. If it was published without one, it went into the public domain unless the copyright owner fixed the problem within a certain time.""
Thoughts, opinions, rebuttals??