>> Even if an object or a photo is in public
>> domain you need to
>> own it in order to be fully clear to reproduce it -
>> otherwise you have to
>> gain permission from the owner to create a new image or
>> derived work based
>> on their property (this falls under a photo release /
>> waiver).


I'm not sure this is entirely correct?

If you own a copy (in any form - print, copy negative, digital file) of a
particular public domain photograph, you are free to reproduce it unless you
have basically signed a watertight contract to the contrary.

As for an object, it depends where the object is and if, again, you have
entered into some form of agreement.

For example, if the public domain object is in a public place and you
reproduce it - no permission required.

Again, say you reproduce a public domain sculpture based entirely on
photographs of it - you are pretty much free to do so, whoever owns the
original or wherever it is located.

Tim a

-- 
Tim Atherton
Assistant Curator
Musée Héritage Museum, St. Albert
(780) 459-1594
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