United Press International
Photographs
Rights and Restrictions Information
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730
Photographs taken by United Press International (which includes
Pacific & Atlantic; Newspaper Enterprise Association [NEA]; International
Newsreel; William H. Rau Collection; International News Photos;
United Press Photos; and UPI) may be restricted.
Access: Permitted; subject to P&P policy on serving
originals.
Reproduction (photocopying, hand-held camera copying,
photoduplication and other forms of copying allowed by "fair
use"): Permitted,
subject to P&P policy on copying.
Publication and other forms of distribution: May be
restricted. CORBIS bought the pre-1991 UPI images that were physically housed in UPI's archives in New York City. CORBIS can be contacted at:
CORBIS does not control the copying of UPI images housed
in the Library of Congress. However, any copyright held by UPI to the pre-1991 UPI images that were physically housed in UPI's archives in New York City would now be owned by CORBIS if that copyright is still current. UPI and/or its photo providers claim the copyright to any UPI images after December 31, 1990. UPI can be contacted at:
United Press International
1510 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Fax +1 (202) 898-8138
Email: jsimmons@upi.com |
In an attempt to determine
if UPI registered any copyrights and if those copyrights were renewed,
Specialists in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of
Congress searched the Copyright Office files. It was found that only
a few images were registered for copyright and those copyrights were
not renewed. However, the Librarys legal office has advised the
Division that photographs published with proper copyright notices between
1923-1963 may be protected if properly renewed, while works published
after 1963 and unpublished photographs in the collection may be protected
even if they were not registered with the Copyright Office. Additionally,
researchers should be advised that determining the copyright status
of photographs can be problematic because of the lack of pertinent
information, and researchers often have to make calculated risk decisions
concerning the appropriate use of an image when its copyright status
is unknown or ambiguous. Privacy and publicity rights may also apply.
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456]
For more information, please read: Copyright
and Other Restrictions: ... Sources for Information
Prepared by: Prints and Photographs Division staff. Last revised: January
13, 2003.
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