[Upd-discuss] software/intellectual property, portraits and hollywood

[michael.davis@law.csuohio.edu]

Actually it has not been "standard practice" for so long a time. Until the
1976 Copyright Act was enacted, the standard practice was quite the
opposite: it was presumed that copyright automatically followed sale of
the physical object. That presumption was reversed with the new copyright
law, but this is still only a matter of less than thirty years now.

MD

>     Actually, I think it is legally possible to sell a painting/portrait
>     today without selling the copyright along with the original.
>
> That is not just possible, it is standard practice, and I think it
> has been so for a long time.
>
> I think Klimt lived long enough ago that his works are in the public
> domain now.  However, someone could check that.
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