I think i would contact the owner of the copyright and get a written release from him. there is a copyright problem if you are to profit from this image, unless he releases the image.
copyright law for artistic items is really screwed up. you may need a release from the guy who made the carving, although it looks pretty wpa to me. if wpa, no copyright. and i think the guy can not get a copyright to hold up. wonder why the guy shot it at a diagonal. At 12:08 PM 3/10/2009, you wrote: >We're interested in using this photo for an exhibit. There is a statement >beneath the photo, where the owner gives up all copyright. Is this really >valid? There is contact info for the owner, so we could contact him. I've >never seen this before; usually we only count any published material before >1923 as public domain. > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_boyhood_memoral3.jpg > >tia. > > david > > >David Turk >Manager, Preservation Imaging Services >Indiana Historical Society >Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center >450 W. Ohio St. >Indianapolis, IN 46202 >(317) 232-4592 >dt...@indianahistory.org > > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
