Re: Fine Art Reproductions

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, John Noble <jnoble[_at_]dgsys.com> wrote:
>
> It's possible that you are right, but this drives copyrightability
> analysis into unexplored territory. Can the originality requirement
> turn on the subjective intention of the author, ie. whether the
> difference from the original is purposeful or inadvertant

I don't think it does. However, the fact that the aim of the project was to reproduce faithfully _instead_ of adding originality makes it difficult to argue with a straight face that there is sufficient originality to justify a copyright.

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