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Thanks. That certainly helps with the artistic engravings.

Do you know anything about ship plans and engineering drawings in the same publications? These would not be the works of individual artists but of a shipbuilders drawing office.

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What is the law concerning the use of images from old engineering journals as illustrations in a new book I am writing? These are mostly technical drawings and engravings dating from 1893. One such is journal is "Engineering" edited by Maw and Dredge, published monthly since 1865.

I was also ...

Thank you for your help. At the rate I'm writing this book, 2039 sounds reasonable!

Does it matter if the manuscript is of US origin?

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I recently bought an unpublished diary / manuscript that contains and interesting account of a voyage on a ship. The manuscript was written before 1910, Assuming the author passed away more than 70 years ago and copyright does not apply, would there be any other legal concerns that apply if I ...

Thanks for the help. It certainly clarifies things.

If someone legally publishes a digital image on the Internet that is out of copyright, but which they obtained legally from a museum archive through a contract license, what is stopping anyone else from copying that image and publishing it ...

I'm interested in discussing the legal situation regarding original photographs and negatives etc that are held in archives, but which are out of copyright . These archives can be public (as museums and libraries) or privately held. It's very common for museums to charge if you wish to get a printed ...