Copyright law pertaining to artist postcards, framing, selling

[userbk2821]

What is the name of your state? California
I want to know if there is a copyright problem if I buy copyrighted artist postcards that are often advertised "suitable for framing" and framing them and selling them. The postcards are actual licensed copyrighted pieces sold retail all over the country, if not the world. I am not copying them at all! I am taking the original post card, mounting and framing it (as they are advertised "suitable for framing"), and selling them as reproductions of the artist's lithographs, which they are! Is that any different than buying an artist's lithograph, framing it, and eventually selling it at a garage sale? I don't have a retail store, I just buy and sell things online. I am not making any reproductions whatsoever, I am not selling them as "lithographs", but strictly as "reproductions of the artist's lithographs. Is there anything wrong with that? If not, what can I say in my defense by those that may believe I am in the wrong?

 

[racer72]

There is nothing wrong with what you are doing. Folks do it all the time.

 

[userbk2821]

copyright law

Thank you for replying! I know people do it, I just wanted to make sure it was OK (some people don't care if it is!) because I know there were "spies" of this artist's copyright company that were trying to buy some of my pieces to see if I was breaking copyright laws. They've caught people using calendar pages and framing & selling those (probably as lithos), and I can see where that would be wrong, and I'd never do that! I'm just framing existing, legally purchased, copyrighted postcards and selling them; I'm not making copies or claiming they are lithos (although some card sellers call them "litho cards" and I don't even know if that's right; is it?). I call them reproductions of the artist's lithos, which they are. Are you an attorney, or do you have experience with this type of thing? Does this fall under "fair use"? Thank you for your comments, and I hope to hear from you again soon!