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There is no general practice to consider here. In the U.S., at least,
an image is considered copyrighted as soon as it is created -- that's
the law, not "practice."
On 11/28/2010 8:42 AM, J. B. Post wrote:
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A few years back, there was a question on this list about copyright
of reproductions/photographs of maps obviously in the public domain.
The upshot was in UScopyright law, photographs and some other
reproductions of graphic works are considered to be new artistic
creations and the copyright is claimed on them, not on the original
graphic work. I haven't looked at all that many websites with maps on
them and was wondering if there is any sense if most claim copyright
of their contents. This is not the same as "copy protection" which
attempts to keep the images from being downloaded and is a technical
thing, not a legal thing. Even if a site allows free downloading, it
could still claim a copyright, even if only a general one for the site
itself, intended as a blanket for the contents. Any sense on the
general practice?
JBP
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