G'day Pedro,
while we're a topic, a couple of months ago I took
pictures (on a
museum) of ancient mayan sculptures. Unfortunately I was on a hurry so
I couldn't go talk with staff.
Now, who owns the copyright? Those sculptures are like a thousand year
old, but pd-old doesn't apply (it will apply 100 years after I die in
case I actually hold the copyright of my pictures)
Can I upload such pictures to wikipedia? Can museum claim copyright on
the ancient sculptures? and if so, can it claim copyright on my
pictures?
I think a photo of a 3D sculpture has a lot more "creativity" in it than
a scan of a painting: choosing the angle, and so on. Such a photo could
well be copyright you. If I'm wrong, then the copyright would be held
by the original artist (in other words, PD-old).
Either way, the museum has no claim on you. I believe that's why some
museums don't like you taking photos.
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Mark Gallagher
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- Danger Mouse
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