RE: Re: CR in X-ray works- Expressive?

They are almost certainly covered by copyright law in Australia and probably NZ, Canada, and the UK as is any photograph.

These countries treat originality as a test for who can sue not whether the work is protected. Because of the functionality and expression merger doctrine, independent creation of a similar image would not infringe but creating copies would.

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