I wonder what will be next for Barbie/Mattel!  I just find the use of that
and similar
images inappropriate.  To take an image out of context, without information
on the
image or the artist, is not a good thing.



At 06:21 PM 11/2/1998 -0500, Alex Avdichuk wrote:
>Doesn't copyright on an image end after 150 years or maybe 150 years after
>the artist's death?  I think that's why nobody  "owns" the copyright to
>such famous paintings as the Mona Lisa, and they often end up on tacky
>tourist stuff.  Don't know what legal wranglings go on when a painting is
>in a museum collection though (permission to reproduce, etc.)
>
>Anyone know for sure?
>
>Alex Avdichuk
>City of Toronto
>Arts, Culture and Heritage Services
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