Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So Clayton what you're saying is many photographs over the years that were assumed to be LIFE, weren't? But the property of the government and the FSA program? Therefore they belong to the population of the nation? So all of a sudden what appeared as a "money grab" from the photographers who shot the pictures, it's actually a "no big deal" after all? Did I read his correctly ? ted -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of R. Clayton McKee Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] "Life" Magazine photo archive hosted by Google Quoth the Ted Grant : > This is a very tough topic to work through from an independent > business person point of view and the opposite. a hired gun to a magazine > or government employer situation point of view. I took a quick look at a couple dozen shots, more or less at random, and they looked to be either FSA shots or names I recognized as LIFE staffers. FSA shots have always been public domain; many of them are freely downloadable from the Library of Congress website and can be ordered as prints.(LIFE ran an awful lot of those shots...) LIFE staff shots are almost certainly made by employees either before or under work-for-hire rules. I suspect that any infringements are accidental and probably not numerous... though it would be worth checking, just in case, if someone had the time. I don't. -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.6/1797 - Release Date: 11/18/2008 11:23 AM