Hi Skye, You have to check out the local copyright laws where you live to be sure, but I would say that owner X is not allowed to make further copies unless that is specifically agreed upon. That's basically what copyright is all about. The buyer only buys the right to own the item, not to make replicas. If you look at the way most photo stock agencies operate, they sell photos along the same principles. Buyer pays for the right to use the image in a restricted way. The wider it is published, the more he has to pay. And the photographer's name should always be published with the photo.
Dunno how this changes after the photographer's demise. Jostein On 7/13/06, skye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That reminds me. I don't know the legal answer (logically or morally I > know my own answer, which is "no for life, yes for death") so I have > to ask the question: > > Last night at a local photo club meeting, one of the new members > brought up a question similar to the situation below, with one > difference. If an artist sells his work to Owner X, can Owner X make > and sell a derivative copy of the work, or give someone else > permission to do so? (And does this rule change if the artist dies? I > think with books it's a 50-year thing after the author dies?) > > -- skye > > On 7/13/06, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to keep your minds off politics .-) > > > > During my holiday I was reading and listening to music but had the TV > > on (and sound off), just in case there was a weather forecast. > > Suddenly something known caught my attention on the TV. In a program > > about some opera seminar in western Norway a singer was standing in > > front of a painting, and the painting was identical to one of my > > photographs. > > > > After some detective work, and help from the Norwegian community at > > www.foto.no, I found the painter, and he admitted that he had > > downloaded my picture and used it, but he refused to take the picture > > down and claimed that he was a not a very good painter and therefore > > his painting was not a copy of my picture. He said that he would > > sell it if someone wanted it and that I could by it if I wanted to. > > > > Now the story has been twice in the local radio station and will be > > in the local newspaper tomorrow. But since I live in a different part > > of the country I have only seen the references on Internet. One of > > the leading professors in Copyright issues in Norway has stated that > > the painting is illegal, and things seem to be going my way, but it > > has been a busy week... > > > > here´s a link with where you can see the pictures: > > http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/1.708983 > > > > DagT > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
