From: Carl Weese (cweese@earthlink.net)
Date: 12/17/00-10:11:27 AM Z
Nick,
Copyright is no different for paintings than for photographs or other
intellectual property. Copyright belongs to the 'author' unless
specifically granted, or transferred, *in writing* to someone else. The
buyer of a painting owns the physical object, but not the copyright
unless specifically granted. They may sell it at a profit for example,
and keep all of that profit, but they may not reproduce it without the
artist's permission. The artist retains copyright and all reproduction
rights even though the unique physical object is sold. It's a good idea
to state this carefully on sales documents, but the "default" is to the
creator, not the purchaser, and is in effect even when not explicitly stated.
However, in the case of a painting from 1890, all copyrights will have
expired and the picture is completely in the public domain.---Carl
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