Another image copyright conundrum.
Can someone claim copyright of a hi-def version of a public domain image?
I want to use images produced by the U. S. government and therefore in the public domain. They were digitized by a contractor that, IMO, often did a very bad job. Many of the images on the Library of Congress site (loc.gov) are lo-def, but hi-def versions exist. I found one hi-def I want to use at Corbis, which says it is "rights managed." But they often say that for images that are clearly in the public domain. I don't know how Corbis has a hi-def version when the only version available at loc.gov is lo-def.
However Corbis got their hi-def image, does the fact that it is a photo taken by a U. S. govt employee as part of their official duties mean that the hi-def version is just as much in the public domain as the lo-def version?
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