Bar Billiards in Pub games Hi Thanks for your note I ve dropped the picture you were unsure about and loaded up a different one What is the rule regarding anonymous old postcards in which there was no claim or assertion of copyright I took some information from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room I found this information useful To establish a prima facie case of copyright infringement the plaintiff must prove ownership of copyrighted material and copying by the defendant Norma Ribbon Trimming Inc v Little 51 F 3d 45 47 5th Cir 1995 citing Lakedreams v Taylor 932 F 2d 1103 1107 5th Cir 1991 A plaintiff establishes ownership by demonstrating that the material is copyrightable and that he complied with the statutory requirements in securing the copyright Central Point Software Inc v Nugent 903 F Supp 1057 1057 E D Tex I995 If it is difficult for you to find a rights holder after employing due diligence it ought to be equally difficult for a claimant to show that a copyright had been secured I take that to mean that if an image is unmarked and unclaimed and has been in the public domain for some years a postcard for example then it would be hard for anyone to claim copyright infringement