From: Bob Sullivan
This stuff has been a problem for a long time.
I'm a fan of the Chicago Bears Football team.
At an outdoor art fair, I found a bunch of 1960's photos of Chicago
Bear players.
I bought several and talked to the old guy selling them.
He turned out to be the photographer.
George Halas, the team owner/coach/a founder of the league had hired
him to take photos.
Halas gave him a sidelines pass to the games, and then would review his photos.
Halas then bought only copies of the photos he liked for the club to use.
The photographer showed me a cover photo of Gale Sayers that appeared
on the programs.
Halas had a reputation as a tight fisted business man,
but he out foxed himself in this case.
He never bought the rights to the pictures or the negatives.
I doubt he had the money (free cash flow) and was cutting costs.
So this photographer had the photos and reproduction rights to some
Hall of Fame shots.
Stuff like Mike Ditka blocking for Gail Sayers, or
Vince Lombardi, Bart Star, and Paul Horning talking over the next play
against the Bears.
Sometimes the photographer wins...
That was then ... now it seems like only the lawyers win.
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