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Sabrina Kilian schrieb:
> Some galleries want that copyright
> restriction for as long as the original is in a private gallery, even
> well past the death of the creator and the expiration of the most
> lengthy copyright laws.
Hmm... just found this on http://www.copyright.gov/:
"Mere ownership of a book, manuscript, painting, or any
other copy or phonorecord does not give the possessor
the copyright. The law provides that transfer of ownership
of any material object that embodies a protected work
does not of itself convey any rights in the copyright"
So no, the galleries have /no/ copyright on the work, i.e. they can
/not/ prohibit anyone from copying it by virtue of using a camera.
(They /can/ possibly prohibit use of cameras on their premises, but
that's another issue...)
All this valid for the US only of course. And IANAL.
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