David Gerard wrote:
2008/12/26 <WJhonson(a)aol.com>om>:
If I take a picture of the Declaration of
Independence under glass at the
National Archives, I gain a copyright to my image. That does NOT give me a
copyright to the actual underlying document that I've imaged. If I take a
picture of the Lincoln Memorial, I gain a copyright to my image. Not to the item
imaged.
Quite possibly false - see Bridgeman v. Corel.
I would grant him copyright on his original picture of the Lincoln
Memorial, especially if his girl griend is in the picture standing in
front of the memorial.
A picture of the Declaration of Independence is a different matter,
except that with a big bright washed-out spot from the reflected
flashbulb and red-eyes on the glass there may be enough originality. :-)
Ec