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Do I own the rights to old slides I bought?
I bought a second-hand photo slide projector from a recycling shop that resells items before they're thrown away. The projector was still full of old slides. Most of them are amateur photos, taken inside a radio studio from the 1980s that has since gone out of business, showing the old equipment and people at work. There are also a few random slides of an opera and some Playmobil figures.
I'm almost certain these are the only existing copies of the photos, since they're original slides. The original owner isn't identifiable, and it seems that they or possibly their family donated the projector to the recycling shop with all of the slides still inside.
My question is: since I legally bought these old slides, do I also own the rights to them? If I wanted to share them because I think they're really interesting, or even use them as part of a creative project, would I be allowed to do that? Or does the copyright remain with the original photographer, even if they can't be identified or contacted? I think the collection is genuinely fascinating, and it would be a shame for it to remain unused.
EDIT :
Just to clarify, I am not trying to claim ownership of these photos or profit from them. I fully understand that buying the physical slides does not automatically give me the copyright, and that the original photographer may still own the rights.
My intention would simply be to preserve and restore these images, possibly digitize them in high quality, and maybe share them through an archive or an image library if that is ethically and legally appropriate. I find this kind of material fascinating, especially the everyday-life aspect of the 1980s radio studio.
The people in the photos are not identifiable as far as I can tell. There are no obvious portraits, mostly amateur snapshots of places, objects, work environments, and everyday moments. I am not looking to make money from them, I just think these small pieces of personal history are beautiful and would be a shame to disappear.
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I bought a second-hand photo slide projector from a recycling shop that resells items before they're thrown away. The projector was still full of old slides. Most of them are amateur photos, taken inside a radio studio from the 1980s that has since gone out of business, showing the old equipment and people at work. There are also a few random slides of an opera and some Playmobil figures.
I'm almost certain these are the only existing copies of the photos, since they're original slides. The original owner isn't identifiable, and it seems that they or possibly their family donated the projector to the recycling shop with all of the slides still inside.
My question is: since I legally bought these old slides, do I also own the rights to them? If I wanted to share them because I think they're really interesting, or even use them as part of a creative project, would I be allowed to do that? Or does the copyright remain with the original photographer, even if they can't be identified or contacted? I think the collection is genuinely fascinating, and it would be a shame for it to remain unused.
EDIT :
Just to clarify, I am not trying to claim ownership of these photos or profit from them. I fully understand that buying the physical slides does not automatically give me the copyright, and that the original photographer may still own the rights.
My intention would simply be to preserve and restore these images, possibly digitize them in high quality, and maybe share them through an archive or an image library if that is ethically and legally appropriate. I find this kind of material fascinating, especially the everyday-life aspect of the 1980s radio studio.
The people in the photos are not identifiable as far as I can tell. There are no obvious portraits, mostly amateur snapshots of places, objects, work environments, and everyday moments. I am not looking to make money from them, I just think these small pieces of personal history are beautiful and would be a shame to disappear.
#hobby
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