Re: Asimov Site

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <8plhd5$2g5$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>,
ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@garp3.icaen.uiowa.edu> wrote:
}In article <jkhv5.3000$J91.267601@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
}Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
}>Jeff is correct.
}>
}>Here is just one example.  I take a photo of the Mona Lisa and I own the
}>copyright.  You may also take a photo to which you own the copyright.  Both
}>photos may look identical but neither infringes the other.
}>
}
}I can't believe I am actually reading this thread, much less responding!
}
}Poor example.  The Mona Lisa is displayed in a museum with a 'no photo'
}policy.

Perhaps.  But many, many people take photos of the Mona Lisa, and the
museum officials don't try to stop them.  It is behind glass and a
crowd of people so the photos are going to be quite lousy, however.

}It is against the law to even take the photo without permission.
}Your copyright claim would be dismissed as bogus in court.  To get
}permission to take the photo, you need to sign over your potential
}copyright to the museum.  It retains the copyright, not you.  An attempt
}to display the photo in a published form is a copyright violation.

Whose copyright?  The image of the Mona Lisa is in the public domain.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."