On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 05:14:17PM -0700, Norval Watson wrote: > 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 It's not copyright, there are other laws. Quoting Wikipedia: "Particularly in relation to photographers a number of other considerations may also restrict your right to take or publish photographs. For example a photograph of a person may infringe their right to privacy. Similarly you may not have the right to take photographs in non-public locations. These restrictions are often mistakenly referred to as copyright infringements when in fact other laws apply." Those laws are not universal, they change from one country to another. It is usually forbiden on many european countries to publish photos taken on non-public locations unless a permission is previously granted. Sometimes taking photos of public locations is also forbiden, and the laws can be quite complex and boring, see example: http://4020.net/words/photorights.php _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
