Talk:William H. Mumler
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[edit] Error/Unauthorized Use of Images
Please remove the images taken without authorization from the American Museum of Photography website, www.photographymuseum.com . Please do a web search for information on UK Law regarding Publication Right, which protects intellectual property in this class (or review this page: http://www.artquest.org.uk/artlaw/copyright/29040.htm ).
There are good reasons (besides common courtesy) to ask for, and secure, permission before republishing images posted to the web. It is not only a potential legal violation, it is having a chilling effect on scholarship. Piracy is the reason that some museums have removed thousands of older photographs from their websites; these museums now make their images available through online picture libraries which plaster large watermarks all over them.
In addition, there is an outrageous error in the identification of the Mumler self-portrait. You may contact me via email for the correct identification, and a source.
Bill Becker —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.112.224.123 (talk) 02:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
- No, the images are in the public domain. It is perfectly legal for us to post them here. In the U.S., any work published before January 1, 1923 anywhere in the world is in the public domain, and, for UK law, (according to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), a reformation of the Copyright Act 1956 (c. 74)) images fall into public domain 50 years from the death of the author. As for the incorrect labeling of the image, feel free to point me in the right direction here. J Milburn (talk) 11:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
