RE: Copying old stereo to new...

[P3D Dan Richardson <dlr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>Turn-of-the-century stereoviews have long since passed into the public
>>domain, and may be copied at will, altered, scanned and published on
>>Web pages, etc.

>>      -Greg W.

Copyright expires some number of years (50?) after the death of the
original copyright holder. Where the copyright holder was an
individual photographer, you're correct, they're long gone. Where
the copyright holder was the ubiquitous Keystone, a company which 
survived at least into the 1960s, I believe you are mistaken.

OTOH, I'm not a lawyer. I did, however, do quite a bit of research 
for one of those stillborn CDs of stereo views, and this was the 
conclusion of the lawyers I consulted. 

Underwood and Underwood might be a safe bet.



Dan Richardson
Northampton, MA
mailto:dlr@xxxxxxxxxxx


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