Firstly, a huge thank you to all those people who were kind enough to respond to my question on genealogy. I'm thinking that perhaps I should go over to Vancouver Island and take lessons from Sharon (she is nearer than David in Ballarat) :-)
I have another question that is totally unrelated (no pun intended). I am looking for information on copyright-type issues. I have my own views on what the answers are (my friends tell me I have a view on everything) but am trying to solicit information from you knowledgeable folk. The question is all about a photo that you have taken yourself and what you can/cannot legally do with that photo. I can come up with different scenarios which may, or may not, make a difference (and, I hasten to add, may or may not be relevant to what I want to do!) So here goes. You take a photo of: 1) a building from a public viewpoint (such as the road outside) 2) a building from within its grounds 3) an object within the grounds of a property (such as a statue, fountain, garden ornament, whatever) 4) something within a building (lace, architecture, painting, furniture, whatever) In each scenario (if the answer is different) what can you legally do with that photo? Again, here are some things you may want to do, in case there are different answers: 1) Publish it on your own website 2) Publish it in a magazine or book 3) Give it away as prints, postcards, pictures, whatever 4) Sell it (as above) 5) Turn it into something else (e.g. jigsaw puzzle, t-shirt embellishment, cross-stitch pattern) for your own use, to give away or to sell Oh, and let's assume that you were legally in the place where you took the picture and that photography was allowed! I would really appreciate knowing what people think is the answer(s) ... Thanks in advance, Helen (in rainy Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
