2009/7/11 Andrew Lih <[email protected]>: > Yes, and the letter from NPG seems to assert that: > > "...we can confirm that every one of the images that you have copied > is the product of a painstaking exercise on the part of the > photographer that created the image in which significant time, skill, > effort and artistry have been employed and that there can therefore be > no doubt that under UK law all of those images are copyright works > under s.1(1)(a) of the CDPA" > > This is where in the US, Bridgeman v Corel established that a > "slavish" reproduction of a PD work does not constitute a new work > that can be protected by copyright.
We know that isn't the case under UK law, the question is whether the photographs involved substantial investment of resources. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
