Copyright help needed for website

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Chris,
Thanks so much for the info on the copyright question I've asked.
I did as you stated & located the image on the Wikipedia site and do
see where many are listed as (PD), public domain. I have made the
appropriate changes to my images. Your the best!!

Regards, Tony A.

[paul]

Given the age of the photos, it's very likely the copyrights have expired, but it would take some real digging to confirm that.

[FrankWakefield]

You may well have a trademark issue, with that Tigers D... not that great of a concern if it is a not for profit activity. MLB licenses all of that stuff. What's your website going to be doing?

And the likenesses of Ruth and Cobb are protected and trademarked, and active. I think something called Curtiss Managment. I just Googled it, Curtis Management Group is the name. Here's a link to an article that mentions it. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...1565/index.htm

They may well market Wagner, and others, too...

[3-2-count]

Hi Frank. I've done away with every image listed above and chosen new ones that are listed as public domain photos just to be safe. My site will be profitable since it will be a buy-sell-trade (.com) type site so covering all my bases now is very important to me. Thanks for the heads up regarding the logo's possibly being licensed.
I'll take all this into consideration.

Tony

[FrankWakefield]

Sorry about that. I knew that Ruth's likeness is protected, and several other iconic players. Many folks just ignore it and go on... which isn't the right thing to do.

Wish you well with your site.

[slantycouch]

I think CMG actually represents Cobb, Ruth, and others now.

I think you made the right choice Tony by choosing other photos.

Edit: here's their client list: http://www.cmgworldwide.com/corporate/clients.html

[drc]

According to Wikipedia, as the images were first published before 1923 they are public domain.

Also, most of the old baseball images on the Library of Congress site are public domain. This is in part due to the age and in part because the LOC is a public institution that allows free use of the images it owns. All of the George Grantham Bain images, for example, are scans of the original negatives donated to the LOC, and the LOC allows anyone to use the images.