Paul Copeland wrote:
What is the copyright situation with etchings and drawings that are over 80 years old.
In the U.S, if they were published, and were copyrighted, prior to 1923, they are in the public domain.
Is it permissible to scan the cover of a book and make some changes to the image, and then use it in your own publication?
If the book is in the public domain, the illustration on the cover probably is, too. Care needs to be exercised here, though. It is possible that a book was published, on which an illustration was used by permission of the copyright holder, and while the book is in the public domain, the illustration was not.
If this is not allowable, where can someone get images of early painting, etching etc, of the great composers?
There is a publication by Dover Publications, Inc, <http://store.doverpublications.com/> _Old-Fashioned Music Illustrations_, which contains illustrations of a dozen or so composers.
Finally, try an on-line search. I just did an "image" search, using Google, using the parameter "Camille Saint-Saens", and came up with 5,660 hits in 0.18 second; it took .15 seconds to come up with 257 hits when searching on "Herbert Howells", and .12 to come up with 220 hits using the searth parameter "Alan Hovhaness".
On-line images probably should not be assumed to be public domain, but it is a good place to start.
AS far as museums controlling images of the artwork they own, they may do so. But if you can find an old catalog from the institution, containing an image of the artwork, you can reproduce that, as long as it's in public domain.
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