[thelist] Copyright law concerning images used on the internet.

erik mattheis gozz at gozz.com
Thu Jul 24 11:19:56 CDT 2008


Government owned art is copyright free - or more accurately, US citizens own
the copyrights to government works. There's tons of images of ancient art
and architecture at loc.gov

- Erik
http://fearofclowns.com/

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Andrew Kuhry-Haeuser <rewdand at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm building a web site presently and I need to know what images I can
> safely use.  I would like to use photographs of different works of ancient
> art and architecture, perhaps scanned from a book.  Does anyone know what
> the rules are concerning this?  Perhaps where I can go to get information?
> What images are safe to use?
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --Andrew
>
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