Reply To: Interesting Copyright Infringement

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The artist may not own the rights. It all depends on the contract.

It is clear from reading this article that the sculptor thought that Conan was (or should be) public domain. The models have nearly identical poses to the art and the use, at least initially, of the actual names was a clear attempt to cash in on copyrighted material (regardless of if he thought it should be public domain).

Is the copyright law that different in Europe?