[Woodcarver] copy rights question

[Merrilee Johnson]

Hello!
  My goodness there is a lot to copyright laws that I didn't know and didn't 
think I needed to know.  It sure does get confusing with all the 
possibilities of what one can do or not!  Thanks for the education on 
another great topic!
Merrilee- Mich


>From: "Joe Dillett" <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com>
>Reply-To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] copy rights question
>Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 08:20:49 -0600
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>Hi Maura,
>
>Copyrights can also be sold, passed down to heirs, renewed by heirs
>indefinately and, in the case of many publications, owned by the publisher
>rather than the author.
>
>Many times artists don't realize the value of copyrights. Selling the art
>does not assume that the owner of the art also ownes the copyright. In
>almost all cases the artist maintains the copyright. There have been times
>when I sold the copyright for more than I sold the original work, and
>sometimes even to different people. Copyright is an income source that many
>artists overlook.
>
>Here is the link, in PDF format, to get your forms and instructions.
>http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/  .
>  Short Form VA - Simplified version of Form VA  (is the Visual Arts form I
>use). Photos are not required but I include a photo. They may throw away 
>the
>photo or file it with the form.
>
>There was also one case where my work was being copied in a slightly
>different form which they copyrighted. They tried to stop me from making my
>own product. I was able to prove to them that my copyright predated theirs
>and they were in fact violating of my copyright. This is one case that they
>might have stopped me from making my own product if I could not prove that
>my copyright was before theirs.
>
>Joe Dillett
>The Carving Shop
>645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
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>Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] copy rights question
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> > I don't know what would happened to it after you die.  I think your 
>heirs
> > would also have to abide by copyright laws and not display it or profit
>from it.
> > This conversation also brings up the question of forgeries.  What if I
>were
> > to paint myself a copy of Andy Wharhols Campbell soup can(not trying to
>forge
> > it, just a very well made copy) and hang it in my bedroom.  Over the 
>years
>the
> > real Campbell soup painting is stolen and never recovered.  I die some
>years
> > later and My Campbell soup can is discovered hanging in my bedroom.  My
>heirs,
> > perhaps believing me to be of dubious character, assume that this is the
>real
> > thing.  They express that opinion to a few of their closest friends. In
>the
> > years that pass, andy wharhols copyright(if there is one), expires. And
>because
> > the painting has been missing for so many years, the copyright is never
> > renewed. Then my heirs die and the painting passes to one of their 
>friends
>who has
> > no reason to believe that its not the real original.  They announce to 
>the
> > world that they have found the missing original.  It is displayed as 
>such
>for
> > profit until it is forensically tested and determined to be a fake.  
>Does
>that
> > make me a forger?  And would the people who displayed it for profit be
>arrested?
> > and why? for forgery or for copyright infringement if we assume 
>Campbells
> > keeps all their copyrights active?  Just  something to ponder.
> >
> > Maura carvin' in nyc
> > http://www.picturetrail.com/whiteknight718
> >
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