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From: Frances, Columbus
Date: 07 Feb 2003
Time: 18:38:01 -0500
Remote Name: 205.188.209.5
Interesting question...who owns the copyright: the artist, or the public by way of the (U.S., in my case)Postal Service? Some random thoughts: might it be possible that the manner in which you use the stamps (cancelled, cut up, and layered, and thus, partially obscured) constitutes a "fair use" exception to the copyright? (The guy from Kinko's seems ready to express a legal opinion, maybe he can tell you!)...also, since copyrights have a limited duration (I think Congress recently upped ours to 70 years), you could use only old stamps...and, you could always ask the USPS, through their website, perhaps...they seem to appreciate people who appreciate stamps! But, perhaps, Tyson had the right idea all along...