Copyright is (as usual) a tricky issue. In the UK you can photograph
anything you like and sell it for whatever you fancy so long as you take the
photograph from public land. If you have to take it from private land then
you will need to get the permission of the owner of whatever it is you are
taking. However - that may not be so for, example, works of art on private
land. In that case the art would not be on public display and copyright
would involve the artist (not the owner of the land).
So photographing the AOONB or a building from the sea would, IMHO, be
perfectly acceptable.
In the US it is different as I believe copyright extends to buildings (built
after a certain date... 1950?) whether or not you are on public land.
I'm pretty sure I'm correct on all of this but I'm not in the legal
profession.
doctor digi
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From: "jez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:04 PM
Subject: UK copyright
> Hi just a quick question
>
> I was enjoying a weekend relaxing in Dorset.
>
> Went down to Lulworth cove early Saturday morning to try a few shots and
was
> surprised to see a sign saying photographs of the area could not be
> published without the authority of the Lulworth estate company.
>
> Is it possible to copyright an area of land you own especially as it is an
> area of outstanding natural beauty. How would you stand photographing it
> from the sea rather than on the estate land.
>
> cheers.
>
> Jez
>
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