Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York
mosaic photography
I have software that allows me to make mosaic photographs.
Which I intend to sell.
If I use a hundred photos from a hundred different sources
that I scanned off the internet would I need to find and
contact all 100 parties and get their permission?
Does it make any difference that their photos are just tiny
tiles making up a whole new photographic artwork?Each tile
representing just a small fraction of a larger whole?
And if there's no name or copyright symbol anywhere on the photo would this make it public domain?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: mosaic photography
If I use a hundred photos from a hundred different sources that I scanned off the internet would I need to find and contact all 100 parties and get their permission?
Yes.
Does it make any difference that their photos are just tiny tiles making up a whole new photographic artwork? Each tile representing just a small fraction of a larger whole?
Maybe.
And if there's no name or copyright symbol anywhere on the photo would this make it public domain?
No.