Re: Copyright in Public Domain Photos

From: Beryl Jones <bjones.brooklaw[_at_]pcm.brooklaw.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:04:00 -0500

On 22-Jun-99, Linda Cullen <lcullen[_at_]sipress.si.edu> wrote:
>
> I just read with a great deal of interest an article about a recent
> U.S. District Court case (2nd Circuit Court of NY) wherein it was
> decided that owners of photos or transparencies of artwork in the
> public domain can no longer claim copyright to the photos and
> transparencies. The article entitled "Photos Lose Copyright Rights"
> by Joshua Kaufman, Esq. appeared in Art Business News, January 1999.
> Since the article is six months old, I wondered if anything has
> changed about this ruling since then? Will it go to the Supreme
> Court?

The plaintiff has decided not to take an appeal.

Beryl Jones
<bjones.brooklaw[_at_]pcm.brooklaw.edu> Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 18:40:58 GMT

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