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Interestingly the artist retains copyright - the buyer gets the physical goods. Much like DVDs So pollock (or his estate or whatever) owns the copyright to th
by lifeisstillgood 5y ago
Interestingly the artist retains copyright - the buyer gets the physical goods. Much like DVDs
So pollock (or his estate or whatever) owns the copyright to the sold painting and so gets paid when you buy a postcard etc.
- Broken_Hippo 5y agoThis is exactly zero change from regular artwork. If I sell a piece of art, the copyright is still mine. You can sign it away, of course, but otherwise they have to get permission to do anything with the image other than display and store it (and the stuff that goes along with this).
- lifeisstillgood 5y agoYes, that's what I hoped i was saying :-) - what surprised me is that if someone pays 100M for a painting of sunflowers they are just getting pasteboard and oils - if they want to publish a picture of their purchase they get to pay again ! Just did not expect that