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Subject: [OM] Re: sad day for me
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:56:36 +1100
As I understand it, Korda never held any copyright on the image as he  
was shooting for the official government press agency and would no  
more have had a pecuniary right than any other press photographer  
working for an agency or newspaper. Of course, it made him famous...
Andrewf


On 05/01/2006, at 2:32 PM, ScottGee1 wrote:

> The owner (Jack) is a fine photographer who spends a lot of time in
> Cuba.  He befriended a number of the old shooters there including
> Alberto Korda, the fellow who made the iconic shot of Che Guevara.  Of
> course copyrights were completely violated and the photographers never
> received any royalties.  Jack sells prints for them and funnels the
> money back to the guys who are still alive and their survivors.



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