Re: copyright/ plastic surgeon

Carl Oppedahl <carl[_at_]oppedahl.com> wrote:
>
> G. de Bruin <blueger[_at_]worldaccess.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if a plastic surgeon (in the USA) has a copyright
> > on his work? ... if he or she gives you eg. a new face, is that work
> > protected as a copyrightwork?
>
> Well, it surely satisfies the requirement of having been fixed in a
> tangible medium.

Tangible medium, I grant you. Fixed? Not if some of the facelifts I've seen are anything to go by.

Bob Cumbow
<cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> Received on Tue May 27 1997 - 20:37:06 GMT