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<p>[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 3640734, member: 99239"]Fascinating thread and (as usual) I'm very late to the thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>The one aspect everyone has missed so far is that in almost every instance that a coin has ever been photographed the original intent was as an advertisement to sell that coin. The act of copying an ad to freely redistribute it is held to be compatible with the intent of the ad's creator. This is why you can post, for example, old TV commercials to YouTube without fear of them being taken down. Presumably you could even make money off of this if you had enough subscribers but this definitely gets into that gray area. Anyway, check as many auction catalogs as you want and you won't find copyright notices anywhere. This isn't an absent-minded omission, it is the publisher's active desire that it be disseminated as widely as possible since, obviously, the wider the audience the higher the chances of a successful sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something else worth pointing out: in order for a copyright holder to bring a lawsuit against someone allegedly misusing their works they must previously have registered it with the copyright office at the Library of Congress (not sure how it works outside of the U.S. to be honest). It is not a trivial expense in time or money. They could still force a takedown but since they can't sue for monetary damages what's the point? It's essentially a guaranteed loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rasiel[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 3640734, member: 99239"]Fascinating thread and (as usual) I'm very late to the thread. The one aspect everyone has missed so far is that in almost every instance that a coin has ever been photographed the original intent was as an advertisement to sell that coin. The act of copying an ad to freely redistribute it is held to be compatible with the intent of the ad's creator. This is why you can post, for example, old TV commercials to YouTube without fear of them being taken down. Presumably you could even make money off of this if you had enough subscribers but this definitely gets into that gray area. Anyway, check as many auction catalogs as you want and you won't find copyright notices anywhere. This isn't an absent-minded omission, it is the publisher's active desire that it be disseminated as widely as possible since, obviously, the wider the audience the higher the chances of a successful sale. Something else worth pointing out: in order for a copyright holder to bring a lawsuit against someone allegedly misusing their works they must previously have registered it with the copyright office at the Library of Congress (not sure how it works outside of the U.S. to be honest). It is not a trivial expense in time or money. They could still force a takedown but since they can't sue for monetary damages what's the point? It's essentially a guaranteed loss. Rasiel[/QUOTE]
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