Re: copyright in x-rays?

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Albert Henderson <noblestation[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Erica Aoki <eaoki[_at_]tozzini.com.br> wrote:
> >
> > With regard to the copyright on X-rays, I don't think it is a
> > copyrightable subject matter.
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > Anyway, more complicated than the copyright on the x-ray, if the
> > name of the owner of the Lung is written anywhere on the x-ray,
> > he could sue for violation of his image rights?
>
> Why not claim privacy?

Because there is no general right to privacy in Australia (or many other common law countries) and the question was set in Australia.

The same applies to image rights (i.e. there are none).

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