Copyright Aid

Hi Thanks for your advice, its much appreciated. I just cant help thinking that due to the Bridgeman Art Library v Corel Corps case in the U.S. and the more relaxed nature towards this subject in many of the large European countries that the problem (as the museums may see it) is far too widespread ...

Hi Looking for advice regarding the use of digital images of famous artists works such as Monet and Van Gogh, found on the likes of wikimedia commons & other internet sources. Now I'm well aware that the copyright has long since expired on such works, however my concern is are the actual digital ima...

Hi Andy, I was wondering what your thoughts are on using this image to print some posters for re-sale from : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Gogh_-_Starry_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=en-gb It states on commons that the image is copyright free due to the obvious length of time t...

Hi Andy,

thanks for the info, its very interesting and also very complex!

Can you possibly give me some examples of artists whom didn't register in the correct way for copyright ? Or is there a way for me to find out this information?

many thanks
Steven

Hi, I was wondering what your thoughts were regarding copyright surrounding a series of travel posters designed by David Klein. He was commissioned to produce the posters in the 50's and 60's by TWA, an American airline company who operated from 1939 - 2001. I love the posters and was hoping to fait...

Hi Andy

Thanks for the info yet again, it's really helpful.

It makes me realise though how many people are actually disregarding copyright and these images (some large companies and small), and iIs there actually anybody policing such infringements.

Best regards
Steven

Hi Andy, With regards to crown copyright, are there any guidelines that I can follow to easily determine if an image or artwork would be or had been covered by crown copyright? I was wanting to reproduce some vintage British railway travel posters and my research led me to the Science and Society pi...

Hi Andy, Thanks for your swift response. Your advice is much appreciated and I've already took your advice and dropped a mail to the National Archives regarding this. With regards to crown copyright I've just printed off a quite useful chart from the book by Tim Padfield called 'copyright for archiv...

Hi, Was looking for some advice regarding reproducing commercially some ww2 posters that the national archives have released on wikimedia commons. All the images are stated copyright free on wikimedia commons, but was unsure if that applied when using the material commercially or not. After extensiv...