I don't think that there is anything new here. If you buy a painting you
own the object itself. You don't own the right to duplicate the painting
and sell the reproductions. Same with the negatives and slides, though
in the US I think it would be "fair use" to print negatives that you
bought for your own personal use, but not to sell. (And who would know
or care if you did that.)
On 4/28/2014 4:24 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
"A close reading of US copyright law indicates that none of the
parties who acquired Maier’s negatives from the storage warehouse or
afterward -- and are publishing them now without her written
permission -- have a legal right to do so. None of the current
publishers hold copyright to her negatives; that right devolves to
Maier’s estate and heirs for at least 70 years from the date of her
death, as per US Code Title 17 [...] The disposition of Vivian
Maier’s estate, and specifically her photographic collection, raises
serious questions of legal and ethical practice on the part of those
who collect art, and of those who trade, publish and display it,
including in galleries and museums." -- Kevin Coffee
https://www.academia.edu/6320666/Misplaced_Ethics_and_the_photographs_of_Vivian_Maier
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