With regards to the discussion on British galleries' rights to claim
copyright over pictures of their PD artworks, I've dug up the relevant
piece of legislation. It is, frankly, a very dumb piece of legislation,
but in my non-lawyer opinion here are the relevant clauses:
From the British Copyright, Design and Patents Act
1988:
In Section 4
(1)In this Part "artistic work" means.
(a)a graphic work, photograph, sculpture or collage, irrespective of
artistic quality,
...
"photograph" means a recording of light or other radiation
on any medium on which an image is produced or from which an
image may by any means be produced, and which is not part of
a film;
From Section 17:
(1)The copying of the work is
an act restricted by the copyright in
every description of copyright work; and references in this Part to
copying and copies shall be construed as follows.
(2)Copying in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic work means reproducing the work in any material form.
This includes storing the work in any medium by electronic means.
(3)In relation to an artistic work copying includes the making
of a copy in three dimensions of a two-dimensional work and the
making of a copy in two dimensions of a three-dimensional work.
Not very promising.
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Robert Merkel
robert.merkel(a)benambra.org
http://benambra.org
Nicole Kidman and director Lars Von Trier had a famously difficult
relationship making the movie Dogville.
At the end of filming Nicole finally snapped, and tearfully asked Lars
"What do I have to do to make you like me?"
Von Trier's reply?
"F*&^ me and give me all your money."
-- From "Popbitch", 2004-02-06
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