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Posted By: Hankron

Mike, the significant issue is how the Goudey is going to be reprinted. If someone is going to reprint a Goudey in a book on cards, newspaper article or on a website, there's no problem. That's fair use. If someone was going to reprint the Goudey on T-shirts and umbrellas and sell them outside Yankee Stadium there's a reasonable chance that George Steinbrenner's lawyers, and and less likely Gehrig estate lawyers, will be talking to you. This would have nothing to do with the Goudey, but all to do with reprinting Gehrig and the Yankees symbol on commercial products without permission. When Topps or Fleer make a card with Gehrig's or Ruth's image on it, they have to, and do, get permission from the estate or other representing company. They would certainly loose their contract with MLB if they didn't.

This law is not always enforced with the little guys, but that's not a matter of legality but practical enforcement.