One comment for the OP, if your school has any kind of alumni letter or contact you can usually ask them to solicit, in their next newsletter, a request for anyone willing to sell a year book from the appropriate year to contact you, or the alumni office. Based on some of the comments I got in this thread last year, if you went to a decently sized school, you may well find someone willing to sell at a reasonable price.
That’s a really good idea, OtakuLoki, I think I’ll send some emails to some old friends. I might be screwed, though, as the iconic star of a cult tv show went to my school some of the same years I was there, and I see in that other thread where yearbooks can get ebayed out of reach.
Hey, Dr. Rieux, she’s a doper!
Thanks for the help, y’all.
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Who’s the iconic star of a cult TV show?
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Since the likelihood of my getting permission from each and every person who appeared in a yearbook 60 years ago is pretty slim, I don’t think I will attempt that. Besides, if they gave permission for their face to appear in the original book, and it was distributed to a few thousand people one time, posting it on the Internet isn’t much different in concept, just a wider distribution. And if I ever do this, it would be in context – the compete work – I’m not talking about extracting just one picture or page from the book.
Just out of curiosity, I checked my 1926 and 1928 Harris Teacher’s College yearbooks, and there is no mention of a copyright. Same for a 1957 high school book.
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Meh. There are ways to get contact information; for example, some schools collect alumni information, or perhaps there is a reunion committee that will have done the work for you. All I was saying was that you should get the consent, not how you should get it. Besides, you can’t sue if you’re deceased, which I’m sure would take care of some of your classmates.
One of the things my Comm Law professor discusses (I’ve had him for three courses, two of them law-related, plus he is a lawyer) is, in fact, distribution. A photo that you and your friend think is funny when you’re hanging out at your house drinking beer may be humiliating if it were released on the Internet. (See my post upthread.) Just because you keep the page intact doesn’t mean the subject of the picture will or won’t have a problem with it.
:shrug: People are funny about weird things. Some people get a kick out of old yearbooks, others don’t. YMMV and all that.
Robin
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Besides, you can’t sue if you’re deceased, which I’m sure would take care of some of your classmates.
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Ah, now this gives me an idea for a really far-fetched murder mystery! 