Thomas,



You shoot a copy of the old photo, publish it in the book. The book is fully copyrighted. You own the copy photo as property. That should give you a reasonable assurance of protection.



Cheers, 

Dave



David Harvey

Conservator

Los Angeles, CA



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-----Original Message-----

From:         Thomas Kavanagh <[log in to unmask]>



Date:         Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:58:24 

To: <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] copyright/artifact rights





Just a question:
 
If copyright "extends 70 years after the date of creation," what about  works (e.g. photographs) from the 1800s or early 1900s that have never been previously been published?
 
E.g., I have an unpublished photo of my famous great-grandmother from about 1870. It is obviously now more than "70 years after the date of creation."  I want to use that image in a biography of her, can I copyright it? 
 
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