Yes, 1888 an old musty (smelly) leather thing.
What worries (not major) me is getting some shister/ scammy claim from a stock photo outfit.
Not keen to use the image from the book (even though I can) and get future hassle. Possibly.
They will be able to tell whether you’ve stolen their version of the public domain work by pixel matching. If you make your own version, crack on with no fear of retribution.
So the drawing I did today will have a a copyright of 70 years + 70 years after my death.
So if I get hit by an asteroid tonight ;-(
2024 + 70 = 2078 then Alamy can have it 😉
Say I live another 20 years, second asteroid... tin foil hat saved me on the first one 😉
2024 + 20 = 2044 the a further 70 = 2098 then the Sons of Alamy can have it .
Am I reading this right ?
ChatGPT:
Say this.
In the UK, copyright for an original artistic work, such as a drawing created today, generally lasts for the life of the creator plus an additional 70 years after their death. This means that if an artist creates a drawing today and lives for another 30 years, the copyright would be in force for 100 years from now (30 years during the artist's lifetime plus 70 years after their death).
Therefore, the duration of copyright for a drawing created today by a living artist in the UK is the artist's lifetime plus 70 years.
Just to update
I was really worried over this but have since calmed down.
Having read lots of other info and replies other people in similar positions made, I made an offer to the company of 3 x the standard licence fee. I think this is a fair and reasonable offer.
Obviously I removed the image on notification and have shut my blog down for the moment.
There's been no reply yet - I emailed them over a week ago.
Thanks for all the info on this thread
We will see what happens and I will update.
Cheers for update and hope that no news is good news. <Thumbs up>
