From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Matt Brown
On 1/23/06, Jei jei@cc.hut.fi wrote:
Interesting. What about pictures of people? - If I put makeup on my face and call it a work of art, and someone takes a picture
of me in a
public place, do my copyrights still apply? Or if I jog
regularly and
spend time shaping and trimming my body, does my unique physique retain it's copyrights in a similar photograph situation?
As with most things legal, the answer is probably 'it depends'. Both of those could probably win in court with a good enough lawyer, a poor enough opposing lawyer, and a credulous jury.
Which leads me to ponder about how vulnerable WP is to similar frivolononsense. We do the best we can and someone sues us because their face is in the "body art" article or something.