Monahon, Peter B. wrote:
...as long as
we don't accept
seriously substandard photographs
of celebrities, if it's similar in
appearance...
Copyright infringement case law allow damages for publishing look-alike
pictures, even if only in design, layout, or theme - not just outright
"copies".
What's the context for that? Surely there must be an intent to make it
look like something that already exists. Two independently produced
photographs that happen to look alike are not infringements.
My challenge is who takes responsibility? Wikipedia,
or the submitter,
or the photographer?
Clearly, the submitter. He is the one publishing the material.
Ec