| Mr.Fiction |
07-11-2002 03:10 PM |
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Originally posted by fnet
hey, stop flashing pictures of my mom.
from my site: "There are now several vintage erotica sites on the web. One of the advantages of using vintage photographs is that the photograph's copyright is usually expired, so if you purchase antique photos, they can be scanned and published without infringement issues. Entire collections can be purchased at a fairly low cost, providing the site with original content.
Retroraunch has the most extensive collection of such images on the web, and they've done an excellent job of categorizing and displaying them. The site also has a collection of retro pornographic film clips, a curiosity many people know only as a legend.
Retroraunch succeeds in conjuring a sense of the forbidden aesthetics of sexual expression in past decades. Given that this is still a major aspect of the draw of pornography, viewing it is an enlightening (and titillating) experience."
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Most old pictures are still under copyright of their owner. Read this:
Under current American law, copyright belongs to the creator of the work?the photographer, artist, letter writer, author, etc.?for the life of the creator plus 70 years. If a work was created in the scope of someone's employment, the company is considered the owner and the copyright lasts for a total of 95 years. Copyright law has changed in the last few decades and this duration has been extended. The copyright used to extend for 28 years and be renewable for another 28 years. That all changed on July 1, 1978. If a work was already in the public domain on that date, however, the copyright was still lost. If a work was still under copyright at that time, the new longer term automatically applied.
What that all adds up to is that works published in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain and may be freely copied. Unpublished works created before Jan. 1, 1978, are protected until Dec. 31, 2002 or the life of the creator plus 70 years, whichever is later. A work is considered "published" when copies are made available to the general public. There have been a number of lawsuits regarding the ownership of copyrights in famous people's letters. The people who held the physical letters wanted to publish them and as a result came into conflict with the author or the author's heirs. Generally, the cases have come down to respecting the rights of the authors and have precluded even historians from copying or publishing the letters. Courts have allowed the facts to be extracted and a few quotes, but no more. |
