On 29 June 2011 17:49, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org> wrote:
Very much! A
picture of the Mona Lisa is copyrightable. Even if the
painting of the Mona Lisa is out of copyright.
I normally would hold that this is
so, and have done so for years.
However, given the recent interpretations by the Delhi High Court of the
Supreme Court decision in EBC v. Modak, I'm not so sure any more.
I stand corrected. Thanks Pranesh.
So the answer is now "It depends?" :D
I doubt any court would grant a scanner copyright over
unedited scans.
Agreed.