I appreciate your detailed post, but understand that this is not the right forum to get into high level details. Nothing you stated here...

If this is only for your personal use then it is not actionable. Courts would treat such use as di minimis or too small an issue to bother the...

Protectable information in this context will not be basic concepts or ideas. It must be information that was either specifcally labeled...

It's not clear to me what the facts are exactly. Are you saying that they are selling the physical photo that your dad is depicted in? if so, then...

It's very unlikely you would get sued, but your previous employer may consider those photos their property and your use of them as infringing even...

You're assuming them signing an indemnification actually removes your risk. In the scenario you describe everyone in the line of profits will get...

Usually, using a small portion of another's work for the purposes of commentary or critisim is going to be in the realm fair use. Fair use...

It is far too complicated an issue to be addressed here. It comes down to who own's the copyright. There is no "right to attribution" in the US....

You have to according to their terms. If all they say is that "they are free to use" with no other restrictions, then they are free to use. But I...

Usually a logo is going to have creative elements that will suffice for copyright protection. So even if this was not used as a trademark, you may...