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Has Achieved Nirvana |
There’s a photographer on FB who posts the most beautiful sunsets. I want to blow a few of them up, print them and hang them on the wall in my house. Do I need the photographer’s permission?
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| Unrepentant Dork Gadfly  |
Technically you can’t print someone else’s images without permission. If they are a professional photographer they may be unwilling to give permission. However, if they are an amateur they may be thrilled you want to and may even send you the high res photos for you to print.
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
And you will need the high resolution file to enlarge it (and have it look good) . So you will need to contact the photographer to get that. (And offering to pay something for that would be appropriate).
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JodiMinor Deity |
Dol, is it the act of printing that violates the copyright? Certainly if you cut a photo out of a magazine, it is fair use. Jf
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
From the article (though cutting and pasting this is likely a copyright violation, lol) : Almost any type of creative content—whether it be photos, articles, graphics, or what have you—is someone else's copyrighted work, which means you can't reproduce or reprint it without the express permission of the owner. https://www.legalzoom.com/arti...h-someone-elses-work
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
I have a framed print on the wall in my piano room which I cut out of a calendar.  This particular artist is dead, which only matters in that I'm not taking potential profit away from a living artist... Copyright is so much more complicated these days...
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| Unrepentant Dork Gadfly |
It’s the copying or reprinting that is the issue. In Canada, educational use gives you some leeway (I assume the same in the US).
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
Small selective quotes, especially when attributed, are normally considered fair use. | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Here’s the Copyright Office’s analysis, including what they say about fair use. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html On Steve’s basic question, think about those watermarks on videotapes that mention that unauthorized copying is a copyright violation and could subject you to all sorts of ugly penalties. | |||
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