I would think it would be more appropriate if she was at least missing an
ear:>)

Julie Collins wrote:

> 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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> >
> >
> Julie Collins
> Curator of Education
> Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
> Northwestern University
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