Message-ID: <4B737B51CF294B209DB545DA93E5FB73@BillSchuettePC> From: "Bill Schuette" <wschuette@wicw.net> Subject: Photo Collection Use Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:06:22 -0500
We are putting our photo collection images on Flickr (a photo sharing Web site). We have set the parameters so that they can't be downloaded. We feel that if people can see a photo they are more likely to order a copy, than if they just read a description. That as background, we have thousands of images in our collection that we have scanned from people who have loaned us their old pictures, postcards, etc. We did not have them sign a release of rights paper at the time. My question is, can we place these collections on our Flickr site so that people can order copies? By allowing us to make copies of their images, did they, in effect, give us the rights to those photos, to use them as we saw fit? Bill Sauk County Historical Society