On 5/21/06, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal(a)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.
-Matt