. > > So if I buy a photo reprint from someone, I don't have the > right to do with > it as I wish? Just trying to get a clear picture on this, no > pun intended. > > Todd K. Stearns For your own personal use, yes, you do. You can copy it and enlarge it and mark it up and even burn it. You don't have an intrinsic right to copy it and sell it, since that's competition with the person you bought your copy from. Especially if the seller is the one who took the picture. And in the case of someone like Bill Caloroso, who has invested money to buy collections, he a) may have bought the reproduction rights to those photos, and b) he has a reasonable right to expect to recoup his investment. In the first case, it's a legal issue, in the second, while it MIGHT be legal, it definitely is an ethical issue. One that I, for one, will not violate. SGL The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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