My understanding is that we can claim copyright only to that which we
created or which we comissioned as a work for hire or which was granted to
us by the previous owner of the copyright.  To answer your query, we need to
know the circumstances under which you obtained your "photographic images"
and whether at that instance you also obtained the copyright.

>The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library has extensive holdings of
>photographic images (in excess of 200,000).  My colleagues in Visual
>Resources wish to know if other museums and/or libraries copyright
>individual photographic images in their collections.  This question relates
>especially to those images which are requested for use in periodical and
>book publications.
>
>If your institution does copyright photographic images, it would be useful
>for us to know when the application for copyright is usually initiated.  Is
>it at the time a contract is drawn up as part of a rights and reproductions
>transaction?  Or are selected images copyrighted in anticipation of their
>use by other publishers?  And if so, how are such decisions made.
>
>Please respond privately and I will summarize responses to the list.  Many
>thanks in advance for your consideration and assistance.
>
>Liz Ackert
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>  Liz Ackert ([log in to unmask])
>  Public Services Librarian
>  Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library
>  P.O. Box 1776 / 415 North Boundary Street
>  Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
>  Phone (804) 220-7419  Fax (804) 221-8902
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Steve Rooney
International Center of Photography
New York City
phone 212 860-1777 ext 130
fax 212 360-6490
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