Digital BW, The Print

"rcoda" <rcoda@...> writes:

> Hi Todd:
> 
> I don't believe it's illegal unless I try to sell them or even give 
> them away. I'm just putting them up in my kitchen. It's no different 
> than if I took my Edward Weston: 50 Years signed, slipcased 
> monograph, and cut out those pictures to frame them. I've seen people 
> do it with Ansel Adams calendars. As long as it's for your personal 
> enjoyment and you are not depriving anyone of any income, it's not 
> illegal.

I *strongly* suggest you consult a lawyer before doing anything
important based on your current understanding of copyright.  Or at
least look at http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html . 

You're certainly right that you can cut up a book or calendar that you
already legally own and frame the pictures and hang them on your
walls; no question about that.

The case of printing the images from the web is not so clear.  It
*might* fit fair use somehow.

And your assertion that "personal enjoyment" and "not depriving anyone
of income" make it legal is *incorrect*.

In my unofficial and untrained opinion.
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