Yes, We pay£5 million for a painting. We charge £2 for a postcard of it, to try to balance the cost. You take a piccy and sell postcards of it for £1. You are out the price of 20p publishing costs, (as are we). But we are still out £5million. I'm not explaining it well, but that is the gist.
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?,
Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:33,
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Even if the copyright on the image has expired?I can understand it for recent art, but van gogh has been dead long over 70 years.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:37,
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But ownership of the paintingond therefore the image, changes hands. Like the Beatles songs. They will never be PRS and copyright free.
EDIT: A famous one is 'Happy birthday to you' song. When i was in a band, if we sung it as part of the gig we had to pay.
(EDIT: A famous one is 'Happy birthday to you' song. When i was in a band, if we sung it as part of the gig we had to pay.
TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?,
Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:40,
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It IS stupid, i agreebut it is also complicated, and therefore we hire people to sort it out at a zillion pounds per hour. So they are in no hurry to sort it.
( TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?,
Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:44,
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They can in the UK, where the work of photographing can create a new copyrightI don't think it's ever been tested in court though.
The US says that copyright only occurs where there has been creativity.
(The US says that copyright only occurs where there has been creativity.
the wub - guide onion for the blind,
Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:46,
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There was a wonderful casewhich sadly I can't find. But a few years an artist saw a great Sci Fi book cover, and did a painting of it. it was huge, but a total copy. However, it had such a visual impact, that it was displayed and valued at more money than the book had ever made. So who gets the money when the painting was sold?
( TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?,
Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:50,
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