Is It Legal to Upload Scans of Stamps
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| Quote: After reading this here on SCF I thought information technology might be interesting to accept a give-and-take about who really has the copyright to an image. Specifically I'chiliad asking nigh stamps,covers or any philatelic fabric. I have used Photoshop for near 4 years to host my stamp images and have no problem if someone uses my scans. Question: who owns the copyright for an imageof a postage stamp? Well wouldn't the stamp issuing entity be the copyright holder? But you could say that yeah truthful only the image of the detail What about cancelled stamps with a distinct postmark? At that place is a lively give-and-take on some other forum (name of which we don't usually mention here) about this very matter. It appears that someone was selling prints with images of stamps on eBay and ane of the prints portrayed a rare stamp which belongs to the site owner, who claims he has the copyright to that scanned paradigm. How do forum members feel about this? Or do yous really care. |
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| Edited by lithograving - 01/11/2014 3:59 pm |
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| Quote: Well wouldn't the stamp issuing entity be the copyright holder? As far as the above portion of your question, a lot depends on the stamp issuing country and their specific laws. Here in the United states of america, stamps issued earlier 1978 are in public domain: Quote: The art on US postage stamps used to be in the public domain, just since 1970 (when the Post Part Department was privatized) the US Postal Service has been able to claim copyright in stamp designs. It didn't outset doing that until 1978, though. And then what about pre-1978 stamp designs, so? Can you copy them freely? Yes, every bit long as y'all obey anticounterfeiting laws. (You don't desire the Secret Service after you lot, exercise you?) Black and white reproductions of uncanceled United states postage stamp stamps are permissible in any size. Color reproductions of uncanceled Usa postage stamps must be less than 75% smaller or more than 150% larger than the size of the original postage stamp. Canceled US postage stamps may be of any size, whether the reproduction is in colour or blackness and white. (See 18 USC � 504.) http://world wide web.publicdomainsherpa.com/u...t-works.html Stamps issued after 1978 are copyright by the U.s. Mail service and have specific parameters for reproduction. Here's the specific constabulary: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/p...5_SE_504.pdf And the United states of america Postal Service's view of "off-white use" of said images: http://most.usps.com/doing-busines...ceptions.htm |
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| Quote: Only noting that it's the Las Vegas replica of the Statue of Liberty that the copyright issue is about. The (original) New York Statue of Liberty has no copyright restrictions. |
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| If you want to protect your image copyright on Photobucket they crave you lot to submit a detailed claim of ownership and infringement. Run across fastened link. They don't make it easy. http://photobucket.com/copyright Here's where it all started......... http://world wide web.plagiarismtoday.com/2008...photobucket/ Possibly at that place has been some comeback over the original concerns, but many photographers are still wary. As regards scans of stamps and copyright, there unremarkably is provision in copyright law for educational utilise, illustration of educational writing and dissemination of scholarly information. A fair use sort of affair. Terry |
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| Edited by Terence Collins - 01/11/2014 5:38 pm |
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| In my stance the only true owner of a postage prototype is the I really take no problem if someone uses scans of my stamps. |
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| This raises the question of when I post an prototype on this forum, from an image that I scanned and saved on my PC, who owns it? It may exist now public domain, merely who owns that copyright? I don't actually care but it'south a skillful topic for word. Art |
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| I don't know much virtually this, so I detect it interesting. But if an image is public domain, does it have a copyright? Isn't it upward for grabs by anyone unless the epitome is copyrighted before it is posted from the computer? -IBFS |
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| Newby Stamper, buying a stamp or any other class of artwork, photograph, design, writing or intellectually created work does not give yous ownership of the copyright. That remains with the original creator or owner unless they assign copyright to you. Autonomously from by and large permitted off-white use that is. IBFS, copyright of an artwork does not accept to exist applied for, it is inherent in the work created by the artist, and unless he or she assigns copyright to some other it remains with the artist even if the work iis sold. Terry |
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| That is the 2013 revision. Photographers' and artists' concerns about prototype copyright predated that. At one fourth dimension epitome posting on Photobucket fell off dramatically (past 50% I believe) because of concerns over copyright and their prototype press service Ooop. All in the second link in my post above. As I said in an before mail, the copyright issue may have been dealt with or improved. But personally I will not apply whatever image service for my ain images where copyright protection is unclear. I run into no problem in using Photobucket for hosting and posting postage images where at that place is implied fair use in play. Terry |
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| This is the condition that is still troublesome (from the content and privacy bit)........ "Photobucket may dispense your content to offer the Photobucket Services (including transcoding and/or content) to allow its use throughout the Photobucket Services" Terry |
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| Unless copyright is specifically assigned to yous (usually in writing from the copyright holder) it matters not how you got the postage and although you may own it y'all practise not have any copyright to it or its design. You would not usually demand permission to mail an image of the stamp or cover on a site such as this as it should come under the off-white apply condition in copyright. Once copyright has expired, in the U.k. it is 75 years later on the decease of the copyright owner, then the thing is in the public domain for anyone to utilize. Copyright is rarely extended, and I tin retrieve of only ane example in the UK where this has occurred and copyright extended 'in perpetuity'. Whatever guesses as to what that was? Terry Edit for additional info. TC. |
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| Edited past Terence Collins - 01/12/2014 08:45 am |
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