I am not a lawyer, or even a caveman lawyer so you need a more educated opinion than mine on this matter. I would think that photos of something in a public place would have little protection. I'm guessing photography of the MonaLisa is prohibited and the image has a copyright, but I don't understand the complex laws I'm just a caveman. Jeff sent via iPhone On Jul 12, 2011, at 6:23 PM, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well I don't have reason to believe that it is a photo of mine but that the > art on the Bus is mine. Can I photograph someone else's art and put it on a > t-shirt and make money off of it? So if I take a photo of the Mona Lisa then > I have the right to do whatever I want with the image? T-shirts, greeting > cards and whatnot? > > > > On Jul 12, 2011, at 6:16 PM, whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> If not your photo, which would be a direct trampling of copyright, the >> photog would normally need a release from you. So your complaint is either >> with Burlington as a photog or with the photog as the subject (model). >> >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: atx <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> >> Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:11:08 >> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [tcb] Re: Crazy! >> >> Certainly need your permission if it was taken from one of your photos. >> Do you recognize the image source? >> >> Jeff >> >> sent via iPhone >> >> >> On Jul 12, 2011, at 5:23 PM, whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >>> Time for an attorney! >>> >>> Sent from my BlackBerry® >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:15:46 >>> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [tcb] Crazy! >>> >>> One of my VW friends in Corpus bought a t-shirt at Burlington Coat Factory >>> today that has a photo of Donner on it! >>> >>> Um, shouldn't they have gotten my permission? >>> >>> >>> >> >