Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Copyright dispute …

 Who Owns Mike Disfarmer’s Photographs? (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)
In 1976, an overhaul of the Copyright Act enshrined stronger protections. Today, artists generally receive copyrights to their works by default; after they die, the protections pass to their heirs for seventy years. During that period, whether you’ve purchased a negative for pennies at an estate sale or a print for millions at Christie’s, simply owning a physical image does not entitle you to reproduce it in any form.

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