Re: Comment on Feist

From: <ArborLaw[_at_]aol.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 18:25:53 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 2/18/97, Tyler T. Ochoa wrote regarding photography:
>
> If the process is completely automated, so that there is no human
> involvement beyond the initial programming of the satellite, then I
> think this is a non-frivolous argument (except gravity doesn't prevent
> a person from taking taking a photo "up" instead of "down"). Obviously,
> the more human involvement there is in terms of selection and arrangement,
> the more "original" it becomes. I am inclined to doubt that this would
> be a successful argument, but in this age of automated and computer-aided
> creation, such arguments will have to be addressed in the future.

NB: There was a long, substantial discussion on copyright and photography, originality, and reproducing photographs mid-96 on this list, which can be searched in the CNI-COPYRIGHT archives. Obviously in photography, the elements of originality would include the camera settings, film speed, development process of the negatives, manipulation of the printing process, as well as the composition or what-to-include- within-the-frame aspect.

Carol Shepherd
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