Re: collages using old book pages

Subject: Re: Re: collages using old book pages

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: : Please help! Recently I started making vintage mirrors with collages around the frame. Most of the pictures are from the picture library in Manhattan and I make color copies of them. Alot of the pictures do not say what book or source they are from. I also have some pages from old French books that I use. Is there a certain age that a picture can be before the copywright law no longer applies? Am I breaking the law using reproductions of old pictures from the picture library? What if the publishing house is out of business? Thanks for your help! : Dear Heather Hubbard, : You are to be commended for your caution. The Register of Copyrights has a notice that all works prior to 1923 are public domain. Leave it to the law though. Reproductions are contemporaneously registerable under the copyright law. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop® : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive™ : Reality Check®

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