02-12-2017, 02:29 PM
Imperial Tobacco commissioned the original set of paintings and as such I would expect they owned the original copyright; the mount on Tony's painting would suggest that he probably has the original Imperial Tobacco copy, but there would be nothing to stop Eric Bottomley from producing another, or several, similar paintings (probably with minor alterations) and presumably he could claim copyright of those?
Once the original Imperial Tobacco paintings were disposed of I doubt they would have any further interest in the copyright, but as you say the copyright laws are a minefield for the ignorant!
Once the original Imperial Tobacco paintings were disposed of I doubt they would have any further interest in the copyright, but as you say the copyright laws are a minefield for the ignorant!