On 17/11/06, zero 0000 nought_0000@yahoo.com wrote:
I have an actual situation as follows. Someone has taken an old map (long out of copyright), scanned it onto their computer, and now claims to hold copyright on the scan.
It seems to me this is a bluff. A computer scan should not be any different from a photocopy. There is no artistic input to the result, and in this case the scanner even advertises that the computer file is a precise reproduction of the original.
Am I wrong?
Thanks, Zero.
As long as this someone hasn't manipulated the scanned copy of the map, you are right.