Re: Coipyright in the Hollywood Sign
I know that the movie
SHREK 2 uses a similar sign and the credits
acknowledge the Chamber of Commerce for
the use.
--
Laura Young Bost, Rights
Manager
University of Texas Press
P.O.
Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819
tel:512/232-7625;
fax:512/232-7178
email: laura@utpress.ppb.utexas.edu
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On
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:05 AM, R.G.McCracken
<R.G.Mccracken@open.ac.uk> wrote:
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>
>I57;m hoping that US colleagues
on the list may be able to help
>with
advice on a recent request to pay licensing
fees for use
>of a photograph of the
Hollywood sign.
>
>My
university is a distance teaching university
in the UK and
>we host an open web
site on which we place educational and
>general
interest content for access by members of
the public.
>One of the activities
featured on the site contains a
>photograph
of the Hollywood sign, taken by one of our
own staff.
>We57;ve received a request
to pay licensing fees for use of the
>photograph
from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerc, claiming
that
>the sign itself is protected
by copyright.
>
>Is
this the case, and does US legislation permit
licensing of
>this kind? Under
UK copyright law works of art displayed
>openly
in public places may be photographed freely
and a
>similar photograph in the UK
could be used without licence.
>
>Many thanks
>
>Richard
McCracken
>Head of Intellectual Property
>The Open University
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