Illustration Copyright?
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- sem
Hello Guuuyz,
Just wondered if anyone here knew the law regarding the use of old illustrations.
For example if I was to draw something from an old book and sell it as a t-shirt could I get in trouble for that?
Is there not a 'if its X years old its ok' law regarding stuff like that?
Just curious because I've seen a lot of people lately drawing stuff from old fairy tale books and mythology images and just figured it would be a like if someone did Marvel stuff, if they sell and get caught would get in shit right?
THANKS :P
- uan0
- MrAbominable0
wouldn't hurt to read up on Disney either.
- https://www.techdirt…MrAbominable
- yep, you cant touch Mickey™ohhhhhsnap
- bored2death0
You have to be more specific about what "old" means.
"Fairy tale books and mythology" sounds like you're talking about hundred of years old and may be hard to attribute to an artist. Most likely safe and public domain.
Disney and Marvel are an obvious no-no. They vigorously maintain and defend their copyrighted works.
- bored2death0
Oh, I just looked at your profile and it says you're in the UK.
What I wrote only applies to the US. Your laws may be completely different.
- sem0
Thanks for all this guys.
And B2D yeah I was thinking of the original books of which say Disney may own the film rights to? i.e Mary Poppins (being that I'm in the UK allow me to keep the stereotype for you) was around before Disney made it into a film wasn't it? so illustrations from the original book might be ok or would Disney have brought the full rights?
Will read the links that people sent, thanks.