Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>In terms of U.S. law, "copyright" does not apply to ones ability to >take a picture of something _similar_ (or even somewhat identical) >to what one has rights to. The "copyright" applies to the copy of >the actual photograph, or written work, or software etc. _not_ what >the photograph is "about". This is not true. Professional photographers have successfully sued studios who, wanting to save money, reduplicated a photographer's setup using a less expensive photographer. There's a good book about legal issues for photographers. Of course it's sitting in storage i n Minnesota while I'm in Tokyo. Karen -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/