The first version sent too soon and was almost unreadable, sorry if you struggled through it. Here it is again with copy-editing.
On Jul 26, 2012, at 9:06 PM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: > > > > > On Jul 26, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> wrote: >>> Copyrights wouldn't apply because you own the copyrights in the pictures you >>> take. >> >> Maybe. You own the copyright fully if you are the sole contributor of >> the creative input which went into the picture. If someone else also >> contributed, then you might own the copyright in the picture as a >> derivative work (extending only to your contributions), <snip> > > I hope you don' t mind my picking out this piece from your email and ignoring > the rest. > Simply photographing a copyrighted work does NOT create a photograph that is > a derivative work. For a photo to become a derivative work you have to really > go beyond timing, lighting, point and click. > > This claim that photographs are derivative works came up just a few weeks ago > in the trademark discussion. I never directly addressed this issue during > that discussion. While I felt certain there was some error in to the claim, I > could not recall the reasoning behind the counter-point. I just came across > the in-depth discussion. If anyone is interested the links follow, and don't > forget to read the comments. The comments are actually were it is all > explained in lay terms with good examples instead of judicial terms. > > http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/photographs-and-derivative-works.html > http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/photographs-and-derivative-works.html > > Birgitte SB > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
