I also hear that there is a right of ownership of the object, separate
from copyright.  When I visited museums and photographed objects in their
collection, I signed an agreement that I would need additional written
permission if I wanted to publish the photo I took.

     It's similar if I took a photo of an old painting, or a page in an old
book. (Old meaning out of copyright.)

     I've been curious about something - if I owned an object and then sold it,
I suspect I have rights over the photos I took of it at the time of my
ownership.  Even if I sold or donated it to a museum with strict policies on
the use of photographs of their property.  Any thoughts there?

     -Carol


Audra Oliver <[log in to unmask]> said:
> Last I knew there was a ruling that said photographs of works of art needed
to show their own originality in order to be protected by copyright.

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