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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dave Wecker's Ray-traced images not credited
Message-ID: <1323@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 20:52:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 13 20:52:32 1987
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Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
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In article <353@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP writes:
>What I'm really curious about is the Deluxe Library diskette with
>the digitized impressionist paintings on it.  I don't know if they
>have obtained the rights to reproduce the images; I'll assume for
>the moment that they did.  What bothers me is that they imply that
>I can freely use the images in my own work.  It seems like this
>could get leagally sticky, as most of the works of art from the
>impressionist era are currently protected under copyright.

How do you figure that?  The impressionist paintings are all over
52 years old (max copyright).  Have the museums since re-copyrighted
them?  I kinda doubt it, though they may control peoples ability to
photograph them.  If there's a copyright law that would cover the old
masters paintings, I'd like to hear how it works.


Keith Doyle
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