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

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