The Intellectual Property Forum

I came up with a soulution to use "royalty free" images and my own creativity. It has been most interesting reading all the comments on this issue.

Thanks again guys...I love your input on this. All my artwork are from photographs of some sort and I change things up and paint in my own style. I never make it look like the original photo so I've never worried about copyright infringement before. I think it's because this mural will be very public and directly related to a business, the concerns have come up.

I am heading down the path of generic images and silhouettes but they just won't have the same impact as a likeness image will have. I don't paint like Jackson Pollock and I know the public here prefers murals that look like something and to have a few images that they can relate to always comes with a lot of positive feedback...that's what I'm aiming for.

This mural is very important as it will be a flagship mural for me in my community and city and I want ot put my best work on display. Sooo, you can understand my dilema.

Well, I'll have to come up with something. Thanks again for your input.

ps: I contacted a couple of attornies but of course they wanted $$ in exchange for their advise...argh!

I'm about to start a mural on the outside of a music store. I really want to paint some images of some famous musicians...either dead or alive. These images will enhance the mural tremendously but the owner of the store thinks this will fall under some copyright laws by using these images...I disagree. Please, does anyone have a solid legal answer on whether which one of us is correct. I really want to paint these images.

Thanks,
Gordon.