Paulo hernandez, a noted artist, copyrighted several landscape paintings. eight years after hernandez died, robert loring started selling copies of hernandez’s paintings. can loring legally sell the paintings?

yes or no

legal principle:

No, Loring cannot able to sell the paintings of Paulo Hernandez.

Explanation:

If a copyright holder dies his copyright ownership should come under their heir or a third party if they will. Generally, the copyright of a person is protected throughout his lifetime and also after 70 years and this is a US copyright law.  If a copyright holder mentioned that his copyright ownership should be given to a third party, then the ownership was given to him. He can sell that copyright or whatever. An unknown person can't able to use or sell the copyright of someone.