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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Have you copied any images directly?
No, I have described situations that would look similar. A bit like 'The girl in the Pearl Earing', though just a moment instead of a whole story/film. The artwork was also based on the subject that my story is, so I thought it would be a nice connection, though not at risk of being offensive obviously.
OK I can see that doesn't make things much clearly. Imagine if I had a section of a story where a woman with long black hair and an enigmatic smile was sitting in front of a landscape with her arms crossed in tribute to the Mona Lisa, that sort of thing.
Hmmm. Okay. Maybe I'm still not getting it, but I don't think there are copyright issues here. Because I concede that I really don't know, here's a lawyer's advice:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernard...
Hope that helps...
You can't copyright or patent the scene depicted in a piece of art. So even if you were talking about a recent artwork you can describe it to the nanometer level and not worry.
Jen wrote: "Hmmm. Okay. Maybe I'm still not getting it, but I don't think there are copyright issues here. Because I concede that I really don't know, here's a lawyer's advice:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/b..."
Thanks Jen, that's really helpful.
Micah wrote: "You can't copyright or patent the scene depicted in a piece of art. So even if you were talking about a recent artwork you can describe it to the nanometer level and not worry."Thank you to you too Micah. I wonder does that include objects and buildings within the scene too?
Yeah I was a bit confused myself. If it's your own work then there would be no problem, if it resembles or is made to pay homage to other works then it's up to you if you wish to mention the work is based off of ideas of another work. If it's obvious that it could be seen as a copyright issue then I would say you should look into something but your stating it's similar and paying homage so I think you should be fine.
OK, so I posted a while ago now regarding reinterpretations of classic tales, myths etc. I think I am clear on that now, though what I was wondering about is if the same applies to artwork. I have just finished a short story where certain settings are influenced by famous works of art on the same subject.
The art work is well over 100 years old though the scenes directly depict them, if someone was to draw the scene the connection would look clear. Which is kind of what I was going for, paying homage if you like. I have mentioned this in the description though not named the art work itself.
My question is can I do this without fear of breaking any copyright laws or upsetting anyone, or should I really not click publish?
*I'm going to post this in one other forum also, just in case there aren't many people here at the moment :)
Many thanks