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::photographs of public domain works are themselves public domain. The Supreme Court has ruled that there has to be a genuine creative act to make something copyrightable. (for example, turing a photo into a three-dimensional physical object). An exact copy has never made the cut. [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 14:54, 20 September 2007 (CDT) | ::photographs of public domain works are themselves public domain. The Supreme Court has ruled that there has to be a genuine creative act to make something copyrightable. (for example, turing a photo into a three-dimensional physical object). An exact copy has never made the cut. [[User:Richard Jensen|Richard Jensen]] 14:54, 20 September 2007 (CDT) | ||
:::This work is PD. In some cases, a museum (Imperial War | :::This work is PD. In some cases, a museum (Imperial War Museum, in this case) would assert property rights unrelated to copyright over their images, but in this case it is the photographer's eyes through her camera that most matters. She has made a wonderful collection, by the way. —[[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] [[User talk:Stephen Ewen|(Talk)]] 18:31, 20 September 2007 (CDT) | ||
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This image may not be in the public domain, even if the original painting is: http://jssgallery.org/Personal/Copyright_Issues.htm
Niek Sanders 14:28, 20 September 2007 (CDT)
- photographs of public domain works are themselves public domain. The Supreme Court has ruled that there has to be a genuine creative act to make something copyrightable. (for example, turing a photo into a three-dimensional physical object). An exact copy has never made the cut. Richard Jensen 14:54, 20 September 2007 (CDT)
- This work is PD. In some cases, a museum (Imperial War Museum, in this case) would assert property rights unrelated to copyright over their images, but in this case it is the photographer's eyes through her camera that most matters. She has made a wonderful collection, by the way. —Stephen Ewen (Talk) 18:31, 20 September 2007 (CDT)
