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Administrative/Regulatory

Aug. 3, 2005

Who Owns Pictures of the Past?

SAN FRANCISCO - A nasty, only-in-Berkeley spat over the use of two historic photos in a hardware store window display has evolved into a much broader legal dispute over who controls the reproduction rights of photographs when copyrights have long since expired.

By Erik Cummins
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A nasty, only-in-Berkeley spat over the use of two historic photos in a hardware store window display has evolved into a much broader legal dispute over who controls the reproduction rights of photographs when copyrights have long since expired.
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