Re: Copyright in Public Domain Photos

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 17:36:05 -0700

On 6/29/99, Robert Panzer <bigbusie[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
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> Nevertheless, it is important to recognize that the case is saying
> that there is not enough originality in a photograph of a two-
> dimensional work of art (regardless of copyright status of the work)
> to have a copyright of its own, derivative or not.

The case does not say this. The court found that a photograph shot by a photographer whose goal was to copy a painting as faithfully as possible is insufficiently original to be copyrightable:

   "[A] photograph which is no more than a copy of the work of another    as exact as science and technology permit lacks originality."

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]mindspring.com>
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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