US Library of Congress with indie commons on flickr

Not Known Copyright restrictions a new way to get old of photos to remix?
Well, the library of congress and some libraries and museums in the US have been uploading old photos onto flickr - the photo sharing site. They license is said to be 'unknown copyright restrictions' - as some of the imagery is very, very old. You are advised to investigate the viability of working with photos for yourself.

Check out the list of institutions in the flickr commons group, the licencing bit, and their new indiecommons blog.

Who knows, there may be some fertile ground for these images to be remixed and introduced into the artwork in support of some of your publications.