Here's an earlier article covering much of the same topic that you _can_ actually read ...
http://gapersblock.com/ac/2013/08/13/the-curious-case-of-vivian-maiers-copyright/ This Facebook posting has an interesting comment thread too ... https://www.facebook.com/alan.griffiths1/posts/10152091006261299 On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry about that, John. They must have changed the access rights just > minutes ago. I followed the URL from a posting on LinkedIn and read > the entire article. I even had the option to download the PDF (didn't > bother though). That's how I was able to scrape that quote. > > BTW, they only want $39 for a copy of the single article, not $220. FWIW. > > Oh well, another pun wasted. ;-) > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:39 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> I would find the article a whole lot more interesting if they weren't >> asking me to pay $220 to read it. >> >> Does raise an interesting question though. Who controls your estate if >> you have no heirs? >> >> >> On 4/28/2014 4:24 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> "A close reading of US copyright law indicates that none of the >>> parties who acquired Maier’s negatives from the storage warehouse or >>> afterward -- and are publishing them now without her written >>> permission -- have a legal right to do so. None of the current >>> publishers hold copyright to her negatives; that right devolves to >>> Maier’s estate and heirs for at least 70 years from the date of her >>> death, as per US Code Title 17 [...] The disposition of Vivian >>> Maier’s estate, and specifically her photographic collection, raises >>> serious questions of legal and ethical practice on the part of those >>> who collect art, and of those who trade, publish and display it, >>> including in galleries and museums." -- Kevin Coffee >>> >>> >>> https://www.academia.edu/6320666/Misplaced_Ethics_and_the_photographs_of_Vivian_Maier >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
