Greetings to all discussing this topic:
As with many legal issues forsight and a few words can save hundreds of thousands. When an artist sells a work, it is a separate issue whether the copyright is sold with it or retained. Rights to reproduce usually attach to the copyright where rights to resell the object of art go with the object typically. Explicit reservation of the right for access to reproduce could be contractual couldn't it?
However, save such language, the debate characterizes the European rights of the artist approach versus the American rights of the corporate/individual owner historical approach. Perhaps the natural rights of the author are on the ascendant.
This is post is intended as a hypothetical discussion not legal advice.
Jonathan Miller
Boulder, COI
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Received on Fri Oct 24 1997 - 15:14:33 GMT
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