At 5:14 PM -0400 6/16/02, PhotoRoy6@aol.com wrote: > > No, Alan. In US law you cannot license any-time usage of photographs >> you happen to possess a single copy of, without the permission of the >> copyright holder, in writing. That's the essence of US Copyright law. >> >But if you have the only copy and it has never been copyrighted, can you >license the usage? Well, not legally. In your case, if you inherited by a legal document, a will, from your aunt, then you own the copyright that she held, because she legally willed it to you. -- Emily L. Ferguson elf@cape.com 508-563-6822 New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography Beetle cats on the web at: http://www.beetlecat.com/gft-pics/ef-notes.htm http://www.beetlecat.org/results/99champs.html http://www.beetlecat.org/store.html#yrbook
