On 10/15/99, Bernard Reilly <reilly[_at_]chicagohistory.org> wrote:
>
> One might stretch things to say that a photograph of a storefront
> is a derivative work, and hence could infringe the copyright of the
> storefront designer/architect, or store owner, assuming the design
> was created for hire. Architectural works have been eligible for
> copyright protection since, I think, 1978.
"The copyright in an architectural work that has been constructed does not include the right to prevent the making, distributing, or public display of pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations of the work, if the building in which the work is embodied is located in or ordinarily visible from a public place."
17 U.S.C. sec. 120(a).
Statutory copyright in architectural works has existed since December 1, 1990.
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