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Re: Can I sell screen savers made from "Masters" paintings[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Copyright Forum ] [ FAQ ] Posted by Jeffrey P. Donohue on April 19, 2001 at 07:07:17: In Reply to: Can I sell screen savers made from "Masters" paintings posted by Teresa Osborn on April 17, 2001 at 16:06:40: : For a charity fundraiser, I would like to sell screensavers of modified "masters'" paintings. Would this be legal? : Thanks in advance. Well, how about a more more useful information than "it depends, call".... The answer is going to depend on whether there is a valid copyright in the works. That will depend on whether they are (i.e., what jurisdiction) and how old they are (because copyrights protect works for a limited period of time, although that period can be (and often is, in some circumstances) more than a human lifetime. If, for example, you have a copy of the Mona Lisa, it's fairly safe to say the copyright of the Mona Lisa has expired. On the other hand, if you have a copyright of Andy Warhol's funky reprint of the Mona Lisa, the copyright probably hasn't expired. Unfortunately, after that, it starts getting a little fuzzy. If someone has scanned in a picture and made edits (maybe even just cropped the picture) and you copy that, that person may have what's called a "derivative work" in that particular expression of the painting. It depends on how much is modified. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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