Re: Copyright in X-ray works

Raza Ahmed Siddiqui wrote:

"Currently the query is whether Copyright in X-Rays are treated on par with photographs..and secondly who is the owner..whether it is the patient at whose instance the x-ray is taken and he is the one who compensates for the work..or is it the
hospital/institution/radiographer who are considered as the authors of such work??"

Well if I were the patient, I would certainly be the copyright holder since I have worked very hard using many aesthetic choices in life-style to make the inside of my body look the way it does. The fact that some camera-operator-doctor has fixed my performance by snapping the shutter does not occlude the fact that I created this work of art. It's sort of like when I give the grocery store permission to write down the creative contents of my shopping cart for purposes of tabulating my bill. They have a very limited implied license to use my creation.

Just to be different,
David Dailey Received on Fri Mar 18 2005 - 01:35:00 GMT