Thanks Gautam. I stand vindicated!<div><br></div><div>Clearly, we must start giving copyright credit to scanner operators. Or, a la Gutenberg, to scanner owners. And a new can of worms for every inkjet printer. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Gautam John <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gautam@prathambooks.org">gautam@prathambooks.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 29 June 2011 15:15, Ashwin Baindur <<a href="mailto:ashwin.baindur@gmail.com">ashwin.baindur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> We have many people who scan images from books, etc. In those cases we give<br>
> copyright as applicable, as public domain if they are old. Is the case<br>
> different in case we take photos from art?<br>
<br>
</div>Very much! A picture of the Mona Lisa is copyrightable. Even if the<br>
painting of the Mona Lisa is out of copyright.<br>
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