Copyright: an annual thing
Copyright-to-public domain Reader Jim H. was really hopeful. He has a reference source he would like to quote at length or republish large portions from and knows that it was published on or about March 1, 1924. And, he hoped, because materials published in the United...The new Creative Commons search
Fun, weird and sometimes frustrating One of the key ways to use copyright-protected material is to get a license. Now The Legal Genealogist wants you to stop panicking. That’s just a fancy legal word for permission. “Hey Mom,” you may ask, “can...The thing and the rights
… copyrights, that is … Reader Mindy Jarrett just ran head-first into one of the most common — and yet most perplexing — copyright problems to plague genealogists. The problem of the difference between ownership of the thing and ownership of...Welcome to 1923!!
The copyright clock finally starts ticking Finally. The Legal Genealogist can freely quote it today: “In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.”1...More copyright-free images
With an artistic touch One of the big challenges genealogists face is finding copyright-free images we can use to illustrate blogs, presentations, family history books and more. The Legal Genealogist has highlighted some terrific resources for images before, including...Following up on PeopleLegacy
What’s up with the upstart? So… The Legal Genealogist has been trying to keep folks informed with developments in the dispute between Find A Grave and an upstart website called PeopleLegacy.com that swiped a whole bunch of content from Find A Grave and put...One big step forward for Find A Grave
… the swiped photos are gone from PeopleLegacy The debacle over the wholesale swiping of copyrighted photographs from Find A Grave by an upstart website called PeopleLegacy has sure taken some interesting twists. The problem began back in mid-September when...Some progress in FindAGrave image appropriation
Full-sized images removed from other website There’s been some progress over the past few days in resolving the appropriation of images from the FindAGrave.com website by an upstart website called PeopleLegacy. Billing itself as “one of the largest online...Copyright and the online photo
No, it isn’t always fair use A federal court in Virginia handed down a decision last month that has the online photography world in a tizzy. “Court Rules Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use” was the headline of one photo site article last week1 and...Subscribe by Email
