[photo-3d] Copyright Musings

[Bill C Walton <bill3dbw3d@xxxxxxxx>]

I don't want to get involved in a copyright discussion as I think the
laws regarding this matter are rather explicit.  So let our conscience be
your guide is the best way to handle it, I think.
But I will make a small comment on Keystone stereographs.  The University
of California at Riverside(UCR) which owns the Keystone-Mast collection
of negatives is very "protective" of these images.  I recall the
happiness of all the collectors who attended the 1986 NSA Riverside
Convention because they thought they could more or less "run wild" in the
collection and have copies made of all those images that they had been
wanting for so long.  But when the first copies were made they each had a
big stamp across one image that read (more or less) "From the Keystone
Mast Collection UCR"  This stamp sort of destroyed the stereo effect and
a large howl was heard throughout the area.  It took the personal
intervention of then NSA President Tex Treadwell to convince the curators
that the collectors were just that and weren't interested in further
reproduction of these images, and it would certainly make the images more
interesting to view without the UCR stamp.  So a "major riot" was
prevented and I think most folks went away satisfied.

BILL C WALTON
PSA
Bill3DBW3D@xxxxxxxx
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