> On 26.07.2006 Richard Yates wrote:
> >> My father in-law painted the image for the cover and back page.
> >> > It is a copy of Picasso's, 'the guitarist'. I do not know the actual
name.
> >> > Is it legal to have this copy of the painting on the front cover?
> >
> > I am not a lawyer but I think it is fine to use it in that way. It was
> > painted in 1903 and has been reproduced in many media countless times.
Must
> > be public domain.
> >
>
> I don't know, but I know that I asked a public museum recently about
> using one of their much older paintings for a CD cover, and they asked
> for a very substancial fee, so I don't think it is that easy.

I think the difference is that his father is making a painted copy. He could
have used any of hundreds of secondary sources for this.

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