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| Thread ID: 72598 | 2006-09-18 23:52:00 | Copyright: making prints from an original | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 485639 | 2006-09-19 10:14:00 | Ah well, it was just a thought. Stupid me, I shoulda asked the missus first. As a librarian she kinda knows about these things. When I mentioned it to her just now she said a resounding "NO!" :lol: | Greg (193) | ||
| 485640 | 2006-09-19 10:45:00 | My missus bought us an original oil painting recently by a New Zealand artist. It's a fantastic picture (cost a small fortune!). So now I'm wondering, if I wanted to make and sell prints of it, can I do that legally? Does the copyright belong to us now that we own the original? The copyright belongs to the Artist I believe. If you wish to make prints from the picture you would normally contact the artist and make some sort of a deal. Anytime you copy anything including music, software, books or whatever you may infringe copyright. If you want to make money then sell the original for a larger fortune. Or you could wait until the copyright expires. You probably will not be alive then. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 485641 | 2006-09-19 11:36:00 | I think you'll find that the copyright in a painting belongs to the owner unless the artist has made a specific condition when selling it. This would also apply to other art forms like sculpture. Most copyright examples that have been cited earlier in this thread appertain to purchased copies of a work (books,videos etc. ) and ownership of the original remains the property of the creator, whether this be an individual or a legal entity. Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 485642 | 2006-09-20 02:01:00 | I think you'll find that the copyright in a painting belongs to the owner unless the artist has made a specific condition when selling it . This would also apply to other art forms like sculpture . Most copyright examples that have been cited earlier in this thread appertain to purchased copies of a work (books,videos etc . ) and ownership of the original remains the property of the creator, whether this be an individual or a legal entity . Martynz Not really . . . but I am going out of town for surgery and will get back to you later on this . . . just go back and read the part here: "Mere ownership of a book, manuscript, painting, or any other copy or phonorecord does not give the possessor the copyright . The law provides that transfer of ownership of any material object that embodies a protected work does not of itself convey any rights in the copyright . " [ibid: . copyright . gov/circs/circ1 . html]" target="_blank">www . copyright . gov One may, however decide to declare oneself a sovereign nation and ignore the international laws like China and North Korea . You might even qualify for federal funding via the US Government thru my tax dollars . I'll be back after surgery . . . see y'all soon! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 485643 | 2006-09-20 02:55:00 | Good luck, Joe. | Laura (43) | ||
| 485644 | 2006-09-20 09:32:00 | Question. If you got another Artist to paint the same picture and they signed their painting would that be a breach of copyright ? |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 485645 | 2006-09-20 09:42:00 | I think it might help if someone found a relevant quote from NEW ZEALAND copyright law. Surfer Joe is quoting US law. Oops, I forgot, they now rule the world.....lol Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 485646 | 2006-09-21 01:49:00 | Here's a pretty good summary of the way the NZ law (crash.ihug.co.nz/~nemesart/Copyright.htm) works. It will be pretty well the same in all countries which have signed the international Convention. The US came very late to the game of protecting the rights of authors ... Dickens and many other popular authors never got any royalties from US pirates (publishers). :D To save Joe some time when he gets out of the hands of the plumbers: I'm sure martynz's use of "owner" rather than "author" a few postings ago was the fault of fingers, not brain. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 485647 | 2006-09-21 10:34:00 | Thanks Graham, it wasn't a slip of my fingers, I was wrong. But I wonder what sort of agreement museums and galleries have with the authors whose work they publish as postcards. Te Papa for instance sells postcards of paintings in its collection, does the artist or his/her estate get paid a royalty? Martynz |
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