WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
<<In a message dated 1/16/2009 11:49:40 A.M. writes:
It would be legitimate if copyright law permitted it. In that case it likely does not. What case law we have suggests that photographing a three-dimensional object requires a sufficient amount of creativity to be a copyrightable work. >>
Fine. I take a photograph of a page from an old book and post it to my own web site. You take my photograph and post it to commons. Now you can't use the 3d argument, so is that a legitimate thing to do? Should you be able to take my photograph (without my consent) and post it to Commons? Answer that.
Absolutely!
Ec