To get back to the original post... http://www.photosecrets.com/tips.law.html Whoever came up with photography being a form of reproduction for 3D artwork certainly had a serious case of money-making wish. Kort, your situation is most probably complicated by who's the owner of the statue copyright. Was it a work for hire? Did the artist retain the copyright? And so on. BTW, note that part about "state film commission". I've heard that some states really want out-of-state commercial photographers to pay fees to take photos there. So you go to a state, pay the hotel, pay the gas at the local gas station, buy food and so on, and above that they want you to pay for the right to use the scenery as backdrops...

-- erlik