On 5/21/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/21/06, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
The same would be true of the Ipod - functional aspects of the design would not be copyrightable, but creative asaesthetic aspects of the design would (though I doubt I can find a link specifically describing this in terms of the Ipod).
In practice, there is no case law (in the US, at least) suggesting that photographs of such objects are considered copyright infringement.
Thus, Commons should not consider this an issue.
Is there case law suggesting that photographs of costumes or action figures are copyright infringement?
Anthony