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Introduction
The artists as well as
their artworks on our pages are presented for educational purposes, including
teaching, scholarship and research. The low resolution of
the pictures used for demonstration, are thumbnail sized and entirely unsuitable for
printed reproduction, and as such
provide no competition for licensed, high resolution images of copyrighted
character. Some pictures in our presentations are modified to fit the
presentation scheme. They do not maintain the aspect ratio of the original. Copyright
Copyright issues in
the electronic environment are not yet very clear. There are many different
opinions from one country to another, about how copyright law should
apply. You should obtain
permission to place copyrighted images of larger than thumbnail size, or provide
links to images that are larger. Usually the visitor's
browser is directed to display images that are larger, within a new window, to
retrieve the code for that image from the server and to display it in the
context of a web page from the server of origin. Webmasters are not
required to obtain permission from the owners of copyrighted images, if they are
of thumbnail size. artarchiv apologizes for any unintentional
omissions. Public domain If you want to use an
image that is not in the public domain, you must identify the owner and secure
rights to him.
U.S.Public domain If you take a snapshot
of a public domain work yourself, you can do anything you want with
it. Fair use
In determinating
whether the use made of a work in any particular case is fair use, the factors
to be considered shall include the purpose and the character of the use,
including whether such use is of commercial nature, or for nonprofit educational
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The legal right granted to a
creator, a publisher, or a distributor to exclusive publication, production,
sale, or distribution of an artistic work. Often signified by the mark ©,
the year declared and the name of the owner.
means that the image is so well
known, that it is within the scope of most people's knowledge. For instance the
image of Mona Lisa. It can be used without issue. The same applies to many other
famous paintings.
When an artist has been dead for
more than seventy years, his or her work is in the public domain. Reproduction
rights are then concerned with rights held by those who have produced
photographs of the works.
The Fair Use Provision of the
U.S. Copyright Act states, that the fair use of a copyrighted work, including
such use by reproduction in copies or records for purposes such as criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research, is not an
infringment of copyright.
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