January 09, 2008

Can you publish photos of paintings?

Can I use the photograph of a painting on my book's cover?
-Jeanine

Can you take a photo of a painting and use it on a book cover? What about about a photo of a sculpture? How about a building? Well, it depends....

This part of copyright law can be confusing. There's an excellent article on this subject here:
http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/ip_photography.htm