On Sunday 10 December 2006 11:30, Dieter wrote: > If you take a snapshot of your kids opening their presents, and > in the background of the photo there is a TV displaying a > copyrighted program, and a bookcase with dozens of books > all with different copyright holders, and a couple of paintings > on the wall, and a sculpture, who owns the copyright of the > snapshot of little Bobby with his firetruck?
Unfortunately there have been court cases where people have been forced to pay $10000 royalties to Big Media due to four seconds of a TV program playing in the background of their video recording... I think it's only the US that things are quite that bad, though. Peter -- Fisher Society committee http://tinyurl.com/o39w2 CUSBC novices, match and league secretary http://tinyurl.com/mwrc9 CU Spaceflight http://tinyurl.com/ognu2 v3sw6YChw7$ln3pr6$ck3ma8u7+Lw3+2m0l7Ci6e4+8t4Gb8en6g6Pa2Xs5Mr4p4 hackerkey.com peter-b.co.uk
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