Hi Emily, What a can of worms, aye? (In all humility) Sorry to hear about Ritts. I would have liked to have met him. I admire his work. And I'm glad I asked the questions. I had no idea that painting from someone's photograph was such a big thing. Gives me pause. As for my original question concerning the cost of using your print, I'll wait till I get the $500 and go to the shore myself. After all this, I feel like I need a vacation. For anyone who may have misunderstood me for being flip, not so, just ignorance on my part, sorry. And as I said before, painting isn't my real joy, I just happen to really love sail boats, and hot air balloons, and children, and flowers, and... Emily, please don't worry about me using your photos. I won't. : - ) Shyrell Melara Photography Jonesville, NC USA http://yadtel.net/~jmelara On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:32:15 -0400 "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@cape.com> writes: > As for Herb Ritts, it would be his estate. He died a couple months > ago at the very young age of 50... > > And yes, you'd be in deep water with his estate if your copies were > > unmistakably of his work, but recently there were a couple of > copying > cases tried in courts and both the original shooters lost. See, and > > incidentally read regularly, Photo District News. Or go to PDN's > site. > > So generally, if an image has been registered with the Copyright > Office, then you're vulnerable if you get caught. If it hasn't > been, > then it's not worth going to court so you get away with it... > > So it comes down to honesty; actually, in my opinion, the place > where > all issues between people should reside. > > Before we go any further with this conversation, it would be just > wonderful to hear from Bobbert, as he promised, despite his > hangover! > And the sooner the better. > > There are others on this list who can speak to these issues - Tina > Manley probably has thoughts about the subject of licensing for > reproduction in another medium, and Les Baldwin, too. It would also > > be interesting to hear from them. > -- > Emily L. Ferguson > elf@cape.com 508-563-6822 > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography > Beetle cats on the web at: > http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf > http://www.beetlecat.org/store.html#yrbook > > >
