Non-Fiction

hippywife

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6. I just looked at your former thread...

Sat Mar 4, 2023, 12:52 PM

Mar 2023

and the people telling you that you can't use copyrighted art in the manner you wish are correct. Looking further at the breakdown OhNo-Really posted, unless I'm missing something here, there appears to be a selection on the site to use non-copyrighted works, not ALL of the works.

Either way, if they were opening up ALL their work for writers and researchers, it would not preclude permission to reproduce the images.

And, as a matter of fact, they even state this in their guidelines for this program, that it's only for works legally in the public domain:

https://www.nga.gov/notices/open-access-policy.html

Why Are Some Images Unavailable?

If an image of a work is not currently available under open access, it is for one or more of the following reasons:

* the work is still under copyright, or the copyright status is unclear
* privacy or publicity issues exist
* the work is not fully owned by the National Gallery of Art
* contractual restrictions specified by the artist or donor preclude open access
* the work has not yet been photographed or the image quality standards of the existing photographs do not
conform to National Gallery of Art criteria

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Since our lively discussion of sourcing my privately published art history, I have discovered [View all] CTyankee Mar 2023 OP

"Sneer?" Heavens, I'd hope not and I could not agree more. hlthe2b Mar 2023 #1

Oh, I don't mean you. I couldn't agree with you more about that museum. CTyankee Mar 2023 #2

Thank you. This is great news OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #3

thank you for the extensive breakdown of what is available from the National Gallery. CTyankee Mar 2023 #4

I'm over the moon happy for this Birthday Present! OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #5

I just looked at your former thread... hippywife Mar 2023 #6

Yea, one of the "filters" is "downloadable images" OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #7

The filters as described in previous comment hone In preferences OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #8

Yep. hippywife Mar 2023 #9

I agree 100% OhNo-Really Mar 2023 #10

What if your "use" is framing it and putting it on your wall because you love it. If you are the CTyankee Mar 2023 #11

... hippywife Mar 2023 #12

Some people (not me) like to take pictures on their cell phones in art museums. CTyankee Mar 2023 #13

"That's why many artists make prints available, often times in a run of limited copies." CTyankee Mar 2023 #14

In my unpublished book on art and music I reference a album cover art which the artist granted CTyankee Mar 2023 #15

We will have to agree to disagree here, I believe. CTyankee Mar 2023 #17

On this topic... hippywife Mar 2023 #18

these restrictions are reasonable and understandable (where there is doubt that the museum can CTyankee Mar 2023 #16