Nicely!
TJ: Anyone any good with copyright law? I'd like to know if you do a painting or drawing based on a photo, do you need permission from the photo owner. From what I can make out, if it's not a direct copy (i.e. scan, photocopy, download, etc), then it's fine.
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Tue 4 May 2010, 14:56,
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painting.about.com/cs/artistscopyright/f/copyrightfaq5.htm
suggests otherwise, but that might be American law.
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Tue 4 May 2010, 15:04,
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suggests otherwise, but that might be American law.
I saw that.
Nearly everything on t'internet is US law, which is quite different to UK and Australian law. Bugger. I've done a drawing of a fairly distincitive aircraft and want to put it on my site, but don't fancy getting done for it
edit: Ah, bugger: https://secure-b.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p22_derivative_works.en.htm
email sent to the chap...
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Tue 4 May 2010, 15:22,
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edit: Ah, bugger: https://secure-b.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p22_derivative_works.en.htm
email sent to the chap...
As a rule,
I think people only care if you are making a profit from using their work. The worst you could get is an email asking you to remove it.
I guess if you are selling the painting then it's only fair to contact the photographer to offer them a fair share.
That said, people usually like an email to say their work is appreciated, so contacting the photographer is probably the best approach. And give them a link to their website.
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Tue 4 May 2010, 15:30,
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I guess if you are selling the painting then it's only fair to contact the photographer to offer them a fair share.
That said, people usually like an email to say their work is appreciated, so contacting the photographer is probably the best approach. And give them a link to their website.