The New York Public Library launched a new website that offers over 275,000 historic images culled from the library's collections. The images have been digitized by the library's Digital Imaging Unit with assistance from outside contractors, according to a press release issued by the library. Most of the images are over 100 years old, and many have entered the public domain . Despite the public domain status of the images, the library will be charging for reproduction rights for the images. The images are freely downloadable for "personal use." The library's FAQ notes that, "This use is solely for one’s private study or display, and the image(s) are not to be disseminated." The issue of whether the library is creating a new work with a new copyright when it scans in the public domain images has not been resolved, according to Stanford Law School professor Lawrence Lessig .
The launched a new website that offers over 275,000 historic images culled from the library's collections. The images have been digitized by the library's Digital Imaging Unit with assistance from outside contractors, according to a press release issued by the library. Most of the images are over 100 years old, and many have entered the . Despite the public domain status of the images, the library will be charging for reproduction rights for the images. The images are freely downloadable for "personal use." The library's notes that, "This use is solely for one’s private study or display, and the image(s) are not to be disseminated." The issue of whether the library is creating a new work with a new copyright when it scans in the public domain images has not been resolved, according to professor .
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