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Comments: 17
I just am going to go my own way and publish all my own photos (or a family member's in the case of some of the investigation photos) and my own articles to be on the safe side.
As a writer myself, I know what it's like to worry someone will run off and post your article, poem, story, etc elsewhere, and I'd never dream of infringing on these same rights of someone else.
If you go to a gallery and take a picture of a painting -- as long as that gallery allows photos, you are not breaking copyright if you use your photo.