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E.g., I have an unpublished photo of my famous great-grandmother from about 1870.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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