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Given the way that American's in the past have treated British copyright: > In Chicago, I was assured by an enterprising pirate now retired, that > the sales throughout the United States had exceeded a million; and > although, in consequence of its having been published before the > Copyright Convention, this has brought me no material advantage, the > fame and popularity it has won for me among the American public is an > asset not to be despised. [Jerome, Jerome. "Author's Advertisment" in > Three Men in a Boat] I think it's fair for an enterprising British attendee to return the favour, since the image is not protected over there (or in Canada for that matter). Edward Corrado wrote: > I have no idea of the legal status of the photo, I believe the length of > time for copyright in the USA is 75 years (unless your Disney, then it > is for ever), thus it still may be covered on this side of the pond. I > think we need to clarify this before printing up a bunch of shirts > with this photo. > > Edward - who doubts anyone will be chasing after code4lib but still, we > should do things "the right way" > > Rob Styles said the following on 1/29/2007 4:54 AM: >> The photo is an original WWII photo from 1944, it's outside of the 50 >> years covered by copyright here in the UK in is in use by several >> different organisations. I believe we don't need any clearance. >> >> rob >> >> >> Rob Styles Programme Manager, Data Services, Talis tel: +44 (0)870 400 >> 5000 fax: +44 (0)870 400 5001 direct: +44 (0)870 400 5004 mobile: +44 >> (0)7971 475 257 msn: [log in to unmask] irc: >> irc.freenode.net/mmmmmrob,isnick >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries >>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf >>> >> Of >> >>> Roy Tennant Sent: 26 January 2007 21:10 To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Polls open for Code4Lib 2007 T-Shirt design >>> >>> >>> >>> I hate to be the one to raise this, but it seems like I must since >>> the design is leading in the polls, but do we have (or can we >>> obtain) the right to reproduce that photo? Roy >>> >> >> The very latest from Talis read the latest news at www.talis.com/news >> listen to our podcasts www.talis.com/podcasts see us at these events >> www.talis.com/events join the discussion here www.talis.com/forums >> join our developer community www.talis.com/tdn and read our blogs >> www.talis.com/blogs >> >> >> Any views or personal opinions expressed within this email may not be >> those of Talis Information Ltd. The content of this email message and >> any files that may be attached are confidential, and for the usage of >> the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, >> then please return this message to the sender and delete it. Any use >> of this e-mail by an unauthorised recipient is prohibited. >> >> >> Talis Information Ltd is a member of the Talis Group of companies and >> is registered in England No 3638278 with its registered office at >> Knights Court, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham Business Park, B37 7YB. >> > > -- Edward M. Corrado http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/ Systems Librarian The > College of New Jersey 403E TCNJ Library PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ > 08628-0718 Tel: 609.771.3337 Fax: 609.637.5177 Email: [log in to unmask] -- David J. Fiander Digital Services Librarian