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Originally Posted by Pat R
Justin, the reason it's specific to the T206 release is there was a new law passed right before they were starting the printing of the T206's. It is referred to in the Neal Ball letter and I have seen court documents that mention needing permission with an exception for images that the lithograph companies had prior to I think 1904, I'm trying to locate the document I saw that in but I haven't found it yet.
Here's the reference to the new law in the Neal Ball letter.
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Okay I found it from 1908 and it appears that at the time it didn't require permission to use an image for advertising or trade purposes if it was from a picture that was acquired prior to 1905 and the ownership of the picture hadn't been transferred.
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