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5. It's complicated?

Reply to Coventina (Reply #4)

Wed May 27, 2026, 05:10 PM

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FTA:
Adams’ famous photo, Moonrise, taken in Hernandez, New Mexico, in 1941, is available from Wikipedia in high-resolution.
A note states that the photograph was “first published in 1942, when Adams gave a print to the Museum of Modern Art and it was published in U.S. Camera, 1943.” Therefore, the note explains, the copyright would “have to have been renewed in 1968, 1969, or 1970.” No such renewal exists in the Stanford Copyright Renewals Database.

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NYC Gallery Sold an AI-Generated Ansel Adams Photo Without Permission [View all] Coventina Wednesday OP

This needs to send a message to others and thus a BIG LAWSUIT is indicated. hlthe2b Wednesday #1

They took all the magic out of Adam's work. The stole intellectual property. ... marble falls Wednesday #2

Legal defense is, "public domain" GJGCA Wednesday #3

For works published between 1931 and 1977, copyright is automatic for 95 years. Coventina Wednesday #4

It's complicated? GJGCA Wednesday #5

Agree, copyright law can be complicated, and there are exceptions. Coventina Wednesday #6