I see people selling altered art of vintage photographs all the time and I am confused about the copyright law on this type of thing. I have some photos of vintage women from old magazines I have from 1900 and I want to incorporate these images into my own art. What about actual vintage photographs that you can buy at antique stores? How can those fall under copyright law?

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With music it has to be before a certian year like 1926 or something....Pics - I'm not sure

Why not take some pics yourself and age them, color them sepia? There are also, stock, royalty frre photos that look vintage. You'd have to find out the origin of antique store vintage photos, and that would just be a huge pain.

It's all to do with anyone living who has some claim to those images, if so, they can prosecute and claim a huge percentage of the money you made from using those images.

depends on who - if anyone holds the copyright to the images. Most are protected for 50 years after the death of the creator. Vintage though is a wonky thing. It's a real mess too and not always clear. Sometimes it's best to do a little research to see if the images are in the public domain or if they are still protected, You'd hate to create a new work of art and then have it challenged by someone's estate. start with the easy stuff. See what you can learn at your public library. The librarians there will be most helpful. If you need to get more detailed, they'll know where to send you. Good luck

I think you need permission from the family, however, if there's no family around to dispute what you're doing, I don't see the problem. My dad use to own a photography studio and took many pictures of us kids. I went to have one enlarged and they said I have to have the photographer's permission to enlarge. I laughed and said it was my father and he is now deceased. they still didn't do it and I was P.O .to say the least. I finally got it enlarged with someone I knew. So, this may be something you really have to research.

Vintage images, in the public domain - no