Copyright Aid

Hi Andy, many thanks for the further clarifications, info and links and that's interesting to learn about the Japanese approach to copyright law being more concerned with the author's moral rights to protect their work and more similar to the French one - I did pick that up from the T and Cs about t...

Hi Andy, many thanks for all the information and advice in reply to my queries earlier today - I can see from the information you have kindly provided that it is indeed a legally complex set of issues. For info, this is the link to to Wikepedia page on the dolls in question: https://en.wikipedia.org...

Hi, I'm a photographer/artist who uses dolls and toys in my photos. I posted in this forum 3 years ago with some questions around copyright issues regarding taking photos of dolls and mannequins, and received a lot of very useful advice. I am now seeking further advice on photographing a particular ...

Hi again Andy, many thanks for clarifying all this. It almost seems ''too good to be true' that you're able to use an app which generates artwork you can legally claim copyright on and adverrtise/sell completely for free, but unless I've missed any important caveats (in which case please kindly let ...

Hi Andy, Many thanks for your reply to my query about copyright in AI-generated art, specifically made with the Wombo Dream app. I've so far only used my own photos and mainly my own text prompts as input to generate the artworks. Going forward, I will definitely be copyrighting the images produced,...

I've recently been using an AI app (Wombo Dream) to generate artwork from my own photos using text 'prompts', and wanted to ask if I can legally (under UK/international law) advertise/sell the images I've created using the app as art prints or photo prints? (I live in the UK.) I've looked extensivel...

Hi again Andy, Many thanks for your very comprehensive reply to my further queries on this matter. I trust from your reply then, that it would be safe to photograph and publish/sell photos of these mannequins, notwithstanding the fact that copyright symbols that have been placed upon them/their labe...

Dear Andy, Many thanks for your reply to my query about copyright on mannequins last week and apologies for the delay in replying to your response - I must have forgotten to tick the box which notifies you by email when a reply is posted, then after reading your post I had some computer issues which...

Further to my recent enquiry about photographing dolls and using the photographs commercially, I have also recently had access to a couple of vintage mannequins, both made by well-known mannequin designers of their time and both of which carry copyright symbols (one on a label on the mannequin's bod...

Hi Andy,

Many thanks for the clarification. I think I now have a much better understanding of the whole issue of copyright law around manufactured vs handmade dolls and the like.

Hi Andy, Thanks for clarifying this. So basically you're saying that it should be safe for me to go ahead with using Chinese-manufactured/mass-produced dolls in my photographic work, and that I can make the work commercially available/sell it even if the dolls have brand names or copyright symbols, ...

Hi Andy, Thanks for the explanation. I do now have a better understanding of intellectual property law around handmade dolls vs. mass-produced ones. My previous query about ascertaining copyright status of manufactured dolls was partly because of what you said about the absence of a copyright symbol...

Hi again Andy, Many thanks for explaining this - you really sound like an expert on the subject!! So basically are you saying that mass-produced objects such as factory-reproduced dolls, even ones sold under brand names, are very unlikely to carry copyright, but that this is not impossible, and in o...

Hi Andy, many thanks for clarifying this, very helpful. So if as you say most mass-produced toys are not subject to copyright, then if I purchase a mass-produced doll, doll body part or figurine (such as an artificial bird or animal) made in China, if there is no copyright symbol to be found anywher...

Hi Andy, many thanks for the info. So would it be legally permissable to use photos containing the dolls commercially, i.e. to sell to the public, publishers etc. if there is no copyright on them, including branded dolls/doll bodies/heads, if I conceal the brand name? Also, you mention copyright on ...