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Can I put an old painting on the cover of my book without violating the law? AFAIK the copyright for a painting expires after 70 years. Hence, if a painting was created in 1874 and 70 years expire...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T03:18:36Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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DP_
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2019-12-08T03:18:36Z (over 4 years ago)
Can I put an old painting on the cover of my book without violating the law? AFAIK the copyright for a painting expires after 70 years. Hence, if a [painting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proserpine_%28Rossetti_painting%29) was created in 1874 and 70 years expired in 1944, it should be legal to put in on a cover of a book to appear in 2014. Right?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2014-01-12T13:50:50Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 6