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Merkle923 · 03-03-2015, 07:58 PM

Actually their lawyers agreed with Topps' contention. They reached a licensing agreement.

Topps still uses some of these images. The fantastic Sandy Koufax hands-above-head negative from Ebbets Field in 1957? It sold on eBay for $300 or $400 and months later showed up on the packs of some Topps issue or another.

The images they could scan and preserve, they did. They can contend they scanned them all and are contemplating using them in a - who knows what - an "All Duane Kuiper Heritage" set - for future release.

Now if Topps goes out of business like the wedding photographer, maybe possession of the negatives would be interpreted as ownership of the copyright. Otherwise that case bears no resemblance to Topps auctioning off collectibles that happen to be negatives.

03-03-2015, 07:58 PM	#24720
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,185	Hall of Fame Lawyers Actually their lawyers agreed with Topps' contention. They reached a licensing agreement. Topps still uses some of these images. The fantastic Sandy Koufax hands-above-head negative from Ebbets Field in 1957? It sold on eBay for $300 or $400 and months later showed up on the packs of some Topps issue or another. The images they could scan and preserve, they did. They can contend they scanned them all and are contemplating using them in a - who knows what - an "All Duane Kuiper Heritage" set - for future release. Now if Topps goes out of business like the wedding photographer, maybe possession of the negatives would be interpreted as ownership of the copyright. Otherwise that case bears no resemblance to Topps auctioning off collectibles that happen to be negatives.