Homepage
Login
New Post
Profile
My wife and I are working on a book that will contain photographs of paintings that were exhibited, with owner permission, in shows hung by wife or obtained from other photographs. All of the works are by the same artist. She is not doing the book for profit. It is purely a public service to help preserve and increase local knowledge concerning a local self-taught artist who died in 1982. My wife has a record of the owners of all the works. However, many of them are deceased. If she publishes photos of the paintings in her book, with attribution to the last known owner, but does not have written permission to do so, what is her liability exposure?
(1)More posts by @Carla500
1 Comments
Sorted by latest first Latest Oldest Best
From a laymans standpoint, I really don't see a problem with it. Firstly, you aren't making any profit from it, so the owners of the pictures can't exactly be losing out on this deal can they? Secondly, lots of books use photographs from other authors. As long as they are properly attributed who is to argue? I see it the same as a quote really. You can quote another author freely as long as it is clearly a quote. So why shouldn't the same apply to pictures?
If you are seriously concerned, perhaps contacting a publisher would give you clarity on this? I know that's not much but I hope it helps.
Terms of Use Privacy policy Contact About Cancellation policy © selfpublishingguru.com2024 All Rights reserved.