Copyright Aid

So here I am, still attempting to find an answer to this to the point it’s become something I can’t seem to give up on. I’ve since found a family tree site that has a listing for Grau’s death including info on wife - tho the few relatives listed are deceased. I reached out to the one person who upda...

Hi, feel free to ask any questions on here (it might help others too) & I’ll try to answer where I can: the final resulting agreement necessitated that I sign a confidentiality clause, so I’m careful of saying too much. Basically it took about 2-3 weeks from shop suspension/law firm issuing of c...

Sometimes I read and re-read the Wiki Commons info to work out if I can use something commercially or not and still only end up about 90% certain rather than 100% certain! I think I am able to safely use this lovely Art Deco image ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lili_Elbe_by_Gerda_Wegener....

Would restricting sales territory to selling in places other than Germany avoid that issue? Though that would be a shame to end up doing all things considered.

I tend to find old things and digitally restore them and sell them as high quality art prints. I have a piece of Grau work which appeared as an advert in an old now defunct film magazine in Germany (1921 I believe) which I've restored to a high quality. So it would be commercial use.

Well this is getting very frustrating. No one will even reply to my contact regarding copyright! I have reached out to the most obviously recent user, Eureka! Films, who's restored blu-ray of Nosferatu uses Grau's artwork on the cover (credited) - they have ignored my email, plus a couple of request...

Well I am getting nowhere fast on this hunt. Various Facebook specialist groups suggested BFI as their publishing arm put out a book a few years back with Grau’s work included (sadly the author died last May). Aside from that I’m getting zero response or acknowledgment from anywhere. The fairly rece...

Thank you, no I hadn’t checked the German wiki. Though regarding "Bayrischzell honours him to this day“, I found what I hope is an ‘official’ email for the place and have emailed asking for info. If he has no heirs, does that mean the art defaults to public domain?

I am trying to trace the current owner (if any) of the rights to Grau's promotional artwork for the 1922 movie, Nosferatu. I am at a loss as to where to look. research has shown me that Grau lived in Switzerland after the war and then died in his home country of Germany in Bayrischzell in 1971.The a...

An update. Having provided my own accounting information to prove that profit from sales was under £200, the parties came back to me offering a settlement figure of less than $1,200. My counter offer was for around half that reiterating that the profit I made should be considered in this case, not t...

The redacted complaint has now been revealed and it seems I used a photograph by a well known photographer as part of one of my old 1970s advert replications. The law firm is legitimate and is seemingly often used by music related artists. Court infomation was provided. The information also lists a ...

Thank you for such a detailed reply. My work is varied; a bit of a scattergun approach to see what sticks and will sell. But what I thought to be a unique idea was to find old 1970-90s music paper ads for forthcoming albums, shows, singles etc and create art pieces that replicate them, all text is r...

I’m new here and must say this looks like being a wonderful source of information and advice. I only wish I’d realised I’d need it sooner. Just before Xmas my Etsy shop was suspended through a court ‘complaint’ by a US based law firm with redacted info provided. My shop replicates from scratch old m...