Copyrights are $45 not $35. If you aren't up to date on this, how can you possibly be up to date on everything else regarding copyrights.
You used as an analogy of finding pictures in the attic that are under copyright but not being able to use them because of the current copyright laws. What if it is a calendar that is using an artist's copyrighted work with the name removed and the artist is still licensing the art. Is it ok to rip the artist off and use her images simply because you cannot find the artist?
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You used as an analogy of finding pictures in the attic that are under copyright but not being able to use them because of the current copyright laws. What if it is a calendar that is using an artist's copyrighted work with the name removed and the artist is still licensing the art. Is it ok to rip the artist off and use her images simply because you cannot find the artist?