Copyright help needed for website

[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.

[slantycouch]

I understand the idea of public domain and how they apply to those images, but what does that mean in this situation, when the "likeness" of an individual is covered?

The photo(s) itself are free to use.... but the likeness of the player is not. Anyone know how that ultimately applies in a situation like this?

[Tex]

Regardless of copyrights, if you're just using them for a personal website it really doesn't matter. I have several personal websites and I've always created banners with images from google searching -- that's what billions of sites and blogs do. Worst case scenario is that you're asked to remove them, but you're more likely to get struck by lightning. There's no RIAA for images who are hell bent on ruining people's lives.

Now if you were running a registered business, then you may want to be more careful.