Re: Digital photo collections
 

It is a very interesting thread - especially for everyone who publishes articles or books.

Dénes,
1. BA or ECPA-D has to prove that you have published a copy of the photo from their collection. If you have your own (old) copy, you can use it. It is BA or ECPA-D who is obliged to prove that their rights have been infringed.
2. The same as 1.
3. You are right. If you get a letter from BA/ECPA-D with request for payment, you just reply that your copy is from NARA.

Re: Digital photo collections
 

All eu member states should take this in account when dealing with this.

Article 2(2) of Directive 93/98/EEC provides the same point of reference for the calculation of the term of protection throughout the Community. As the general rule for works of joint authorship in Article 1(2) is based on national rules and would not have provided sufficient harmonisation with regard to cinematographic or audiovisual works, Article 2(2) stipulates that the term of protection of cinematographic or audiovisual works shall expire 70 years after the death of the last of the following persons to survive, whether or not these persons are designated as co-authors: the principal director, the author of the screenplay, the author of the dialogue and the composer of music specifically created for use in the cinematographic or audiovisual work. This provision means that in the calculation of the term of protection, Member States have to take into consideration only the contributors mentioned in the Directive regardless of who might have authors' rights in film works at national level



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