Any Hollywood historians here?
 

I recently recieved over 800 never before ever, never seen images of pretty much every Celeb since the '60's.

Again, never seen images, Elvis, Sinatra, Steve McQueen, even Martin Luther King...

all from a photographer's widow

what should I do with them?

license them to a company that sells celebrity posters?

nice score Bob!

Holy crap. Congrats.

There are probably a dozen lucrative things to do with a score like that.

yeah
such as?

im a NET guy so of course my first thought is internet somehow

too bad he's not the copyright holder and could very well be sued for such an act.

i believe I will be copywright holder...thats what his wife and I are working on.

Let's open up a small company and I will find galleries to sell them through. Perhaps an exhibit as a sideline to some charity event. Portion of the proceeds going to the charity.

How big are they? Quality? Know who everyone is?

Assuming that since they're never before seen photos they're not owned by a magazine or other entity that contracted the original photographer's work, the photog's widow could easily transfer copyright.

"believe" is the keyword here.

if there are images shot by 20 different photographers (hypothetically) then you'd need 20 releases of copyright from each photographer. that certainly will be a feat.

also, if you think you're off the hook because the photographer may be dead (images from the 60's could very well mean so), copyright is valid in the U.S. up until 70 years after the copyright holder has died.

yeah the lawyers are gonna look into this one...

Thanks for the advice

These would be a great question for Joe Escalante at http://www.BarelyLegalRadio.com he takes calls 9:00am-10am (Pacific time zone) Fridays. His LA radio show covers entertainment/artists law - U.S. Trademark - Copyrights, It's a great inforative show,
Call before 9:00am 877.900.1031

Joe Escalante
info @ barelylegalradio.com

next time you bang her have the release in hand so you don't have to ask stupid questions on GFY!

oh and answer your ICQ asshole!

hey fuckface last time we talked I gave you the ICQ number of the ICQ I am on 100% of the time...
its the same one in my sig

dumbass

try using that one
:)

umm yeah otay - fucker

interesting pictures to see

fyi - bobs my gay lover so there is no drama here!