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From: coy@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stephen B Coy)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Nagel freak needs *.gifs!!!!!! Please e-mail...
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Date: 18 Aug 89 06:16:14 GMT
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In article <3099@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>, neil@calvin.ksu.ksu.edu (Neil Erdwien) writes:
> A comment on the copyright questions.  I recently purchased a Nagel 
> calendar.  On the back is the following notice:
> 
>    Any removal of any of the artwork contained in this calendar
>    and mounting of same onto or within any foreign material
>    constitutes an infringement of copyright under Federal Law 
>    and will be vigorously prosecuted.
> 
> It looks to me like they don't want people framing and hanging the posters
> after the calendar is used.  It certainly seems to me that if I buy a print
> (as part of a calendar) I can frame it if I desire.

Yes you can.  When "The Art of Patrick Nagel" (the book) was
released I noticed a lot of stores cutting the books apart, framing
the pictures, and selling them individually.  I guess that this
"clause" in the copyright notice is an attempt to stop that sort of
thing.  If it came to a court battle I would assume the the lawyers
would claim that selling the pieces of the calendar seperately
constitutes a derivative work and is therefore a violation of the
copyright.  As far as home use goes you should be able to do
whatever you want, except, of course, digitizing the images and
sending them out over the net.  :-)

Stephen Coy
uw-beaver!ssc-vax!coy