On Aug 20, 2012, at 6:08 AM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A question about copyright, who owns the copyright on
Xrays and are they
even copyrightable? I have uploaded a few of them and no one seems to know
the answer. I guess the options would be:
1) They are in the public domain
https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Casebook#Radiograph_.28X-Ray.29 and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_Kingdom#Works_elig…
2) The X ray tech who took the image
3) The person / institution who paid to have the image taken
a) The HMO or patient if in the USA
b) The government if in many parts of the world
4) The doctor who ordered the image
5) The doctor who read the image
6) The hospital / shareholders of the hospital who owns the equipment
7) All of the above / some of the above / none of the above
Would be good to have a legal position on this.
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In most cases ( Covering the significant majority of all x-rays existing, but not ruling
out the possibility of rare uses of X-ray photography as an artistic medium) . . .
7 None of the above
Utilitarian work = uncopyrightable
BirgitteSB