Thomas Dalton wrote:
The UK Intellectual Property Office (http://www.ipo.gov.uk) says:
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That's the relevant bit of law. Is the intellectual input and investment of resources involved in taking such a photograph "substantial"?
Anyone who's been around here for any amount of time is familiar with the substantive arguments, but until an actual suit is filed they have yet to present the substance of their case. In the absence of such a presentation we are only speculating about what they might do.
It is a big advantage for a putative defendant to let the plaintiff do all the work, and then poke at an overlooked weak spot in the attack.
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