Durova wrote: > A new creative copyright is generated each time a tourist stands beneath the > Venus de Milo and takes a snapshot due to the inherent creative decision in > choosing angle and lighting when photographing three dimensional artwork. >
No, the copyright is not generated until the photo is fixed in a published form. Often the photographer is unknown because he is a passing stranger to whom we hand our camera for the single purpose of taking that picture. > Creative copyright also attaches when the same tourist heads over to the > Mona Lisa and takes another snapshot, since the frame around the Mona Lisa > is three dimensional (there's also the creative joy of capturing dozens of > tourist ballcaps in the periphery). > I would prefer to wait until the ballcaps have moved out of the picture, and I can easily crop out a rectangular frame. It's also important to remember that the criterion for copyright is originality rather than creativity. > At the time of that work I was thinking if it came out right, a viewer might > imagine for an instant that Admiral Farragut was capable of turning and > ordering another assault on New Orleans. Of course with eyes a few pixels > moved and the expression could have turned out entirely different. Another change in the eyes could have him leering suggestively toward a youthful crew member. Ec _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
