Whilst it's absolutely true that the end result is the right one, I'm curious as to your assertion that "Ford did tell CafePress to kill the BMC calendar, they'd have been wrong. "
If you buy a painting, even if it's an original, unique painting, there is NO transfer of copyright, and you have NO additional rights than anyone else.
There's somewhere buried an example case of a cafe owner who bought a painting, and put the image on their mugs & plates and was sued by the original painter for copyright infringement.
Whilst it's absolutely true that the end result is the right one, I'm curious as to your assertion that "Ford did tell CafePress to kill the BMC calendar, they'd have been wrong. "
If you buy a painting, even if it's an original, unique painting, there is NO transfer of copyright, and you have NO additional rights than anyone else.
There's somewhere buried an example case of a cafe owner who bought a painting, and put the image on their mugs & plates and was sued by the original painter for copyright infringement.