Don't forget, in this case we're talking about photos that might or might not have been published a hundred years ago. Anything that was published a hundred years ago is certainly in the public domain now, because copyright laws a hundred years ago were very different from what they are today.
On the other hand, if the photos were taken a hundred years ago and never published, then a different set of rules apply. The chart linked up-thread should explain it reasonably well.
Photos taken today are copyright the photographer for the photographer's entire life plus 70 years, whether they're published or not.
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Date: 2008-04-13 06:43 pm (UTC)On the other hand, if the photos were taken a hundred years ago and never published, then a different set of rules apply. The chart linked up-thread should explain it reasonably well.
Photos taken today are copyright the photographer for the photographer's entire life plus 70 years, whether they're published or not.