[Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 89, Issue 44

Tue Aug 16 17:31:34 UTC 2011

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Robin McCain <robin at slmr.com> wrote:
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> Now the fun part - I buy a copy of that "new work". It has a new
> copyright. Exactly what is covered here? Only the "image" in the book.
> So if I went to the National Archives, found the negative of that print
> and made my own copy I could use my copy without restriction. However if
> I used a scanner or camera to copy the image from the "new work" itself
> then the new copyright would apply and I would need to obtain permission
> from the publisher.
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>
I believe this was the the issue behind the National Portrait Gallery
kerfluffle.

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