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CopyrightI, like many other embroiderers, have recently started to transfer photographic images onto fabric. Often these are my own photographs, so using them does not infringe anyone else's copyright but on some occasions I use photographs from newspapers. Where do I, and other embroiderers, stand in relation to copyright law if we want to exhibit textile work containing these images? It would be most useful if you could possibly publish some guidelines in Embroidery.
Di Pickering
The last time I checked I understood copyright of images to be okay if the image is over 50 years old, or, if you change the image at least four times, i.e. make four original alterations. Shelly Goldsmith