I'm working on an art piece that will be a collage of many people's faces, mainly celebrities or major historical figures. To obtain faces, I wish to find photos on the web and use Photoshop to extract out only the heads of the subject. Is it legal to use this altered photo in a project that may be of potential commercial use? Is this akin to using music samples from songs to make new commercial songs?
2007-11-07 19:39:19 · 5 answers · asked by victor1969 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
if it is for any kind of commercial use, advertising, etc, you will need writen permission from each person in your collage.
2007-11-07 19:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't be, photographs on the internet a public access, like the documents in the Library of Congresswith no liability.......unless the photo is time dated with copyright affixed ie. trademark: to the photo itself. This is done by the photographer at his facilities and is embedded ie. is part of the image. To remove this or alter the image this way would be a copyright issue and would make you open to legal issues with the owner of the photo. If he were to find the photo used in somewhere ......without his consent .
This is for the use of the photo.......I don't know what issues would be implicated.......as in content, use of photo in your art and the way in which you use it; is purely how it's perceived.
2007-11-07 20:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by acepro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"acepro" is dead wrong.
What I think he means by "public access," is, probably, "public domain." And, the images on the net are, by no means, public domain. "Copyright" labeling is not required for the image's owners to retain the rights to its use.
Not all the images in the Library of Congress are public domain, either. Many are on loan to the library by the owners, much as many paintings in museums are on loan from the museum's benefactors.
What may not be known is that images created by a United States entity, such as NASA or others, ARE public domain, since the government IS the people of the United States and are, the owners of the images. The Library of Congress did not create all of the images on its site.
Beware of any information from anyone who does not even know the basic terms of the subject he is covering.
2007-11-08 07:37:48 · answer #3 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if you are using it for commercial gains then I think that money is involved as well as consent to print. Royalties perhaps.
If the work is to be used in fine arts where the sale is a one shot deal then I don't think any public person can complain.
2007-11-07 21:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by the old dog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if this person has signed a model release form or their pic is in the public domain.
2007-11-07 21:03:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋