What kind of illustrations (ie: children's book illustrations) and clip art are considered in the "public domain"? How do I find out if a copyright has expired? If you take a bunch of non copyrighted clip art & illustrations and make a compilation is it a "new" piece of work and can it be resold for profit?
2006-09-08 01:18:00 · 3 answers · asked by Midwest Maven 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
I found a couple of links that will assist you further:
http://www.copyright.gov/records/ -- Search Copyright Records
http://webclipart.about.com/od/msub67/ -- Copyright Info & Issues in respect to clipart
Hope that helps!
2006-09-08 03:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by TM Express™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything over 100 years old is usually considered public domain. You would have to contact patents and copyright, through the government office.
Yes.
2006-09-08 08:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by rustybones 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check with the US Copyright Offices in Washington, DC. There is a website for research.
2006-09-08 08:36:51 · answer #3 · answered by paleblueshoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋