othellomcbane
Well-Known Member
I'm asking purely hypothetically I am not actually selling beer or in a position to start up a brewery myself, at least not any time in the near future.
What legal or rights issues would there be for a brewery using public domain imagery in their labels? (For example, old paintings from the 1800's where the artist is long dead.) Is there a fee / no fee / required permissions / annoying paperwork? I don't know of any breweries that have really gone this route, so maybe it's not legally possible at all.
Guessing someone out there will probably know. Thanks!
What legal or rights issues would there be for a brewery using public domain imagery in their labels? (For example, old paintings from the 1800's where the artist is long dead.) Is there a fee / no fee / required permissions / annoying paperwork? I don't know of any breweries that have really gone this route, so maybe it's not legally possible at all.
Guessing someone out there will probably know. Thanks!