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What are the chances of seeing another print of the same press photo from the 1950s to 1970s? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by goyayoshiro@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I actually have 2 press photos, both from different news agencies that are now closed. One being from 1951 and the other 1974. I recently got them, but I am curious as to what the chances are of seeing these prints again in the market. These photos do not have the photographers' names. But they do have public library stamps at the back. Could the negatives for these still be available? Or can I just assume that the press photos I have are the only originals remaining? Is it correct to assume that despite the news agencies that produced these photos are closed, they are still protected by copyright, even if the photos are now outside the USA?

Another question would be cabinet cards (circa 1900). Since there's no company that does these anymore, is it safe to assume that each cabinet card is unique and it's likely there won't be another copy out there?

TIA.

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[–] 2deep4u@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What are you trying to do with the photo

[–] goyayoshiro@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Actually the photos are in good shape. I am embarking on a small project to digitally restore these photos and make a print out of each one to hang them in my own room. I do not plan to sell copies of them, I just want to reproduce the restored photos and hang them in my room and archive the original prints safely. I was wondering if that would be a violation of copyright.

[–] ThatMortalGuy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Even if it is I don't think anyone is going to go to your house looking for copyright infringements lol

[–] RedHuey@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

There is no way to know. We had big file cabinets full of news photos from various sources. Internal and external. As did everybody else in the news biz. Most now are likely in some decomposing trash heap at the moment, but you just can’t know how many prints were made and where they wound up. It’s impossible. So your plan to claim them as your own pictures is probably not viable. ;-)