wikimail(a)inbox.org wrote:
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
I don't see that joint authorship enters into
this at all. I think it's safe
to assume that the one holding the camera is the one making the creative
decisions about the photos.
Then continue to advise people that they are the sole owner of a
photograph just because they clicked the shutter.
My advice is that the law isn't that simple, and that blanket
statements of that type are quite often incorrect.
Suppose I take a photo of someone jumping over a hurdle. Most likely I'd alter the raw
image somewhat. At least change the white balance, the colour saturation and mid grey
point, but I might also change perspective, clone out some elements, blur other parts,
maybe de-emphasis the colour is some other areas. The resulting image may be rather
different to the image that was originally recorded.
Now asuppose that the I who takes the photo is not the same I that does the
post-processing.