Copyright Aid

Hi again Draven,

If you successfully navigate the copyright issue I mentioned earlier, then you need have no worries about any publicity or personal rights surrounding JRR Tolkien. As far as the data protection laws are concerned, these don't apply to a deceased person. Similarly the protection ...

Great question and really interesting reply.

I make picture frames for people all the time and the thought of whether the item being framed changed the copyright had never crossed my mind.

@AndyJ

Thank you for such a comprehensive reply! That's really helpful.

So, it looks like I'm good for making a bust or sculpture.

I might like to do one of JRR Tolkien, and I know they have quite an active estate managing rights to his work, but I am more interested in making a sculpture of ...

Hi everyone,

I'm new here :D

I had a look through old posts and couldn't find exactly what I needed...

I wondered if someone here knows if you can sculpt (either with clay or digitally) a likeness of a celebrity/public figure and reproduce for sale in the UK?

I.e. if I sculpt a likeness of say ...