[meteorite-list] Image Copyright (was: Look at this greatauction!)

[Bob Holmes]

The copyright issue notwithstanding, has he asked Jim to use it?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Raab" <hraab2006 at aon.at>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Image Copyright (was: Look at this 
greatauction!)


>
>> I linked the image from a website. It was a copyright free bw
>> image and I didn't suspect the site owner didn't like image linking...
>
> Is there really no copyright on these images? One can't assume that,
> just because its a "old" black and white image, there is no copyright
> on it.
>
> Russia joined the Berne Convention in 1995, so I assume the image
> is copyrighted for the life time of the author plus 70 years. As far as
> I know, this is also valid for works that were created before 1995.
>
> So, even if the photograpger died immediately after the Sikhote Alin
> impact, the copyright would not expire before 2017...
>
> Cheers,
>  Herbert
>
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