Alasdair Baxter wrote in
:

I have an old school photograph which was taken with a panning camera
resulting in a very long narrow strip.

I tried Jessops and Boots to get a copy made but they refused on the
ground that it was copyright.

[snip]

Does anyone know how to get around this problem?

Get hold of a typewriter and some A5 paper. Type up a note to yourself
from 'the photographer' saying "sorry but all my negs were destroyed in a
fire in 1976 so I can't provide you with a copy, but if you have the
original photo you could take it to a highstreet developer who should be
able to make a copy for you."

Then give it some inscrutable signature.

Don't try to *sell* the copy that you've made though.