Canadian Copyright

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David, You stated;
"I am putting forward the suggestion that all GM of Canada, Chrysler, Ford, OF CANADA etc. official photos are out of copyright even if they were Crown Copyright originally."

The corporate photos, by definition, could never have been Crown copyright. Only government photos, Cdn Army, National Film Board, Cdn Broadcasting Corp., etc.. are considered Crown.

The corporate photos THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED can be considered copy-right free and you can 'pull' these from books and magazines and re-use. Courtesy demands a credit to the original photographer/copyright holder. However, the Canadian coyright act allows the holder of an image some say in how that image is used. In other words, if Ford has 500 original photos of WWII trucks that have never been published, they can still claim control over the reproduction of those photos in much the same way that a museum can control the commercial reproduction of artwork. An example is the IWM fee for reproduction in a publication of 'their' photos, many of which are out of copyright protection.

PM follows later today.

Clive