Howard, or any one else
I was just wondering what the legal situation is about putting a
link to a Jpeg, of a painting including a lute, when the photo on the
site has a copyright symbol on it.
Can linking your explanation to a photo that is "copyrighted"
infringe the photographer's rights, or the persons running the site's
rights?
Is this different from actually including that JPeg in your message?
Are both "acts" legally acceptable, in fact? I assume that paintings
are not like written texts that lose their copyright after a fixed
time (at least the content of the text). I suppose the owner of a
painting has rights beyond any fixed time. Indeed, I suppose that is
true for the manuscript, rather than for its written content. Thus we
can quote Burwell, for example, but possibly not put in a photograph
of part of the actual manuscript.
In the case of a painting, I suppose there just cannot be that
differnciation between content and the the actual painting.
Does any one know about this? My question might seem a little
bizarre, but how about a link to the engraving of Jacques Gaultier
that belongs to the RA. They sell copies of this, and so might be
nervous of such a link, at the same time, they could also be happy
for an advertisement, through the link, but that does not relate to
the legal issue.
Perhaps, I should not ask the question, as may be it would be best
for the issue to be left in the dark?
Regards
Anthony
Le 20 nov. 07 à 16:30, howard posner a écrit :
On Nov 20, 2007, at 2:24 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Following recent communications which mentioned FoMRHI, I
contacted Eph Segerman and include the relevant part of his reply
below.
In short, anything in FoMRHI not specifcally restricted as
detailed below seems to be able to be freely reproduced and
circulated.
MH
Ephraim Segerman wrote:
Subject: Re: Fwd: FoMRHI
From: Ephraim Segerman
To: Martyn Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:36:22 +0000
All one needs to copyright something that is written is to print the
symbol of a C inside a circle. A few contributors to FoMRHI have
retained their copyright by doing this, but the vast majority have
not.
FoMRHI has never claimed copyright on anything it published. So,
except
for the few copyrighted Comms, all FoMRHI stuff can be duplicated
and
circulated.
There is now a movement to revive FoMRHI, which involves action by
the
Fellows. Yours,
Eph
I'm note sure Eph is right here.
See:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/protect/protect-should/protect-should-copy.htm
As I understand it, copyright (in UK) is yours just if you've
written (or created) something original. Putting a C inside a
circle just makes things a bit clearer - but still, if you've
written something original, you have copyright (in UK anyway).
Also pretty much the case in the US; an original work is
automatically copyrighted until some years (I think it's now 75)
after the author's death. What Eph wrote would have been half right
30 years ago in the States, I think it qualifies as misinformation
throughout Europe.
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