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I am in the process of diversifying my business. One of the items that I am looking at is: Limited Print Edition. So I started to look into it, and what's a Limited Printed Edition? Many photographers on the web show Limited Print Edition with some 250 prints, some 100 prints and some 50 prints.
So I started to investigate: There is an actual definition of the Limited Print Edition:
Limited Print Edition was defined in Basle, Switzerland in 1896 at the convention that defined the international copyright laws.
A “work of visual art” is—
(1) a painting, drawing, print, or sculpture, existing in a single copy, in a limited edition of 200 copies or fewer that are signed and consecutively numbered by the author, or, in the case of a sculpture, in multiple cast, carved, or fabricated sculptures of 200 or fewer that are consecutively numbered by the author and bear the signature or other identifying mark of the author; or
(2) a still photographic image produced for exhibition purposes only, existing in a single copy that is signed by the author, or in a limited edition of 200 copies or fewer that are signed and consecutively numbered by the author.
A work of visual art does not include—
(A)
(i) any poster, map, globe, chart, technical drawing, diagram, model, applied art, motion picture or other audiovisual work, book, magazine, newspaper, periodical, data base, electronic information service, electronic publication, or similar publication;
(ii) any merchandising item or advertising, promotional, descriptive, covering, or packaging material or container;
(iii) any portion or part of any item described in clause (i) or (ii);
(B) any work made for hire; or
(C) any work not subject to copyright protection under this title.
The rules are very simple:
These are the US laws. I live in Canada with a different law but very similar law, but I do go by the US law, even when I don't like it, since it's my largest market.