Art theft

[Normandy]

Buying unauthorised reproduction paintings is theft. If you go to an art
dealer or auction and buy a painting by for example, William Bouguereau, the
price will start at around £250,000. Art for the past 30 years has been one
of the best investments avaiable. Your protection of investment, for many
the patrimony of their children, lies in copyright and patent law the owner
rights are to prevent reproduction of work and the unauthorised use of
designs.The rise of the painting factories in China has disregarded these
rights.

The owners of valuable painting must insure and provide security for their
paintings. If you buy or advocate the buying of unauthorised reproduction
paintings you are libel to be sued and criminally prosecuted.

The artist may be long dead but the current owner has the sole rights to the
art work. many people have worked hard all their lives and been lucky enough
to acquire valuable works of art. Do not steal another man's industry.

Sinclair

[Gordon H]

Normandy <aab...@wanadoo.fr> writes

All the great works of art should be available for all to see, in
galleries and museums, not hoarded by one person who gloats over it,
often not appreciating it, but having bought it as an investment.

The original artist would spin in his grave if he knew that only one
family could see his work.
--
Gordon H
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[Gordon H]

pijoe <joseph...@gmail.com> writes

>Gordon H wrote:
>
>> All the great works of art should be available for all to see, in
>>galleries and museums, not hoarded by one person who gloats over it,
>>often not appreciating it, but having bought it as an investment.
>> The original artist would spin in his grave if he knew that only one
>>family could see his work.
>

>Every artist I've ever known could care less who buys his work--as long
>as somebody buys it.

Don't you think that most of the great painters were paid a pittance,
and the real money has been made by exploiters after they are dead?
Different with living artists, but their work may suffer the same fate.

Most of my paintings were by a man who died long ago, but the family are
still releasing his "limited edition" prints....

[pijoe]

Gordon H wrote:

Art is hard.

[Vandy Terre]

Any cites? Copywrite on printed materials is only good for a few years, after a
hundred years or so the copywrite is only on the form used (cover art/ font
style/ page layout/ etc.), not the words.

[Normandy]

"Vandy Terre" <va...@tanglewood-destiny.com> a écrit dans le message de
news: ibrtv2pe2t9gp6q48...@4ax.com...

> Any cites? Copywrite on printed materials is only good for a few years,
> after a
> hundred years or so the copywrite is only on the form used (cover art/
> font
> style/ page layout/ etc.), not the words.
>
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:34:08 +0100, "Normandy" <aab...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>

Art copyrights are much different that written copyrights.
http://www.copyright.gov/and to . The best survey of the topic is Susan M.
Bielstein, Permissions, A Survival Guide: Blunt Talk about Art as
Intellectual Property

The temporal extension of copyright in artistic works lasts for generations
There is no terminus ante quem.

The terminus ante quem for published works to enter the public domain
remains at 95 years

Most collectors and museums now explicitly or implicitly claim copyright
over images of all works in their collection, whether in the public domain
or not. The same copyright ownership is implied by for-profit collections of
images of public domain works, in digital as well as traditional
photographic forms. This copyright is unlimited

You can see the definitive ruling at
ttp://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/36_FSupp2d_191.htm.

Sinclair