When I started to get "red eyed and rowdy" they gave me a pamphlet outlining
the copyright laws as is applied to photographs, and their policy. I have
thrown it away, but it dealt with how to tell if a photo was under copyright
and I think they contend that ALL photos NOT taken by the person asking for
copies (me), is copyright protected and that copyright of a photo NEVER
expires. The policy explained how the employee in the photo department was
to inspect to determine if the photo was a "professional" picture, i.e.. set
background, typical poses used by photographers, professional lighting
without shadows, etc. A sad state of affairs, but I'll not argue with an
employee trying to do their job who can show written company policy.
Anyhow, I'll try one of the other companies mentioned and see if they're as
hard to get along with.
Much of what was in the Wally World policy statement is the same as what
appears on the Kodak site at
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/doingMore/copyright.shtml
Was sure a big surprise and disappointment!
Jim
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Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Why save copies of census records?
Jim,
I find it hard to believe that a photo taken circa 1900 (106 years ago)
can
still be under copyright. I would have asked to speak to the manager and
for
a copy of the statute under which they claim the pictures cannot be
reproduced.
Have you tried Walgreen's, Target or K-Mart? I've never had a problem
copying pictures at their stores. If the pictures have the name of a
photographer
on the frame, have you tried cropping the scanned images to get rid of
the
names?
Jon Raymond
St Paul Park, MN
Web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymond/
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