>----- Original Message ---- >> From: Simon Wise simonzwise@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: Norval Watson norv2001@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Wednesday, 15 July, 2009 10:35:34 PM >> Subject: Re: New film: This is Art.. >> >> Norval Watson wrote: >> >> > The >> > contemporary artists whose works we filmed would probably raise >> > copyright issues if I "went commercial" with a film like this. >> >> and possibly the museums would also, over those and the older works! >> >> Simon > >I have very little understanding of copyright law but I thought it might be OK to use stuff if the artist/author had been dead for 50 years or more? Maybe the museums could claim copyright on the picture frames? ;) >Norv > > Check out this site... http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/about/copyright-issues.html It depends on the country you are in ... But it interestingly states.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There may be two copyrights: copyright in the artistic work (for example, a painting) and copyright in the photograph of the artistic work. You will generally need permission from the owner of copyright in the artistic work unless the copyright has expired. It is unlikely you need permission in relation to the photograph, if the photograph depicts nothing but the artistic work and is indistinguishable from other photographs of the same work. Otherwise, you will generally need permission from the owner of copyright in the photograph." In other words, when someone photographs a painting of Van Gogh in a museum, producing a picture that is indistinguishable from other photographs of the same work, this cannot be considered an original art creation: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/about/copyright-issues.html _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
