Well its now extends 70 after the death of the artist not the date of
creation.  No you can't re copyright it.

Randy S. Little
http://reel.rslittle.com



On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Thomas Kavanagh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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 E.g., I have an unpublished photo of my famous great-grandmother from about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?
>
> tk
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