RE: Re: Photo booth copyrights

From: Christine L. Sundt <csundt[_at_]darkwing.uoregon.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:45:10 -0500

If the sitter pushes the button to take the pictures why would the booth owner have the copyright? The rest of the process is mechanical and utilitarian. The sitter adds whatever creativity is present in the resulting photos.

I'm interested in hearing otherwise.

Christine L. Sundt
Visual Resources Curator
University of Oregon
Architecture & Allied Arts Library
Lawrence Hall - Room 300
1190 Franklin Boulevard
Eugene, OR 97403-5239 - U.S.A.

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 -----Original Message-----
From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Brock Shinen, Esq.

Sent:	Monday, December 22, 2003 12:05 PM
To:	CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
Subject:	[CNI-(C)]  Re: Photo booth copyrights

Although I have yet to address a case involving a photo booth, my instinct would be that the photo booth owner owns the copyrights, just as a photographer would own the copyrights in photos in a studio. This is a trick question in one regard, however, because the copyright owner would be essentially prohibited from using any of the copyrights it owns as a result of privacy laws, i.e., misappropriation of a person's photo for profit. I would think a court would extend this to include commercially indirect uses such as promotion and marketing.

Brock Shinen, Esq.

• Original Message ----- From: "Rich Stim" <rich[_at_]nolo.com> To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property" <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:05 AM Subject: [CNI-(C)] Photo booth copyrights

> Who, if anyone, owns the copyright in an image created by a photo booth
> machine? The subject? The person who pays?
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
> Rich Stim
>
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