Re: Book Store Catalogues

On 6/21/98, Peter Groves <petergroves[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> For the UK position, see section 63 of the Copyright, Designs and
> Patents Act 1988:
>
> (1) It is not an infringement of copyright in an artistic work to copy
> it,or to issue copies to the public, for the purpose of advertising the
> sale of the work.
>
> (2) Where a copy wihc would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in
> accordance with this section but is subsequently dealt with for any
> other purpose, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for the
> purposes of that dealing and if the dealinginfringes copyright for all
> subsequent purposes.

So, after the sale is done, does the auction house have a right to use the photo in say a retrospective of the highlights of the season??

Alan

Alan D. Sugarman
<sugarman[_at_]hyperlaw.com> Received on Mon Jun 22 1998 - 21:52:28 GMT