Is Selling A Carved Out Wooden Version Of Something Painted Copyright Infringement?

Posted by Copyright Law Enquirer on July 13th, 2009 at 10:30am

If i carved out and painted a practically identical wooden version of a painting and sold it, would that be copyright infringement?

Posted by Copyright Law Enquirer on July 13th, 2009 at 10:30am

If i carved out and painted a practically identical wooden version of a painting and sold it, would that be copyright infringement?

2 Comments for Is Selling A Carved Out Wooden Version Of Something Painted Copyright Infringement?

1. amybeade | July 13th, 2009 at 3:40 pm

Generally yes. It’s still a copy of a protected piece of art, and any reproduction method would still be breaking the copyright.
2. mike1942 | July 13th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Interestingly, if you carved the scene and did not paint it, you could probably justify it as a new work, but duplicating the paint job of the painting would probably fall under the copyright law.