Thanks Gautam. I stand vindicated!
Clearly, we must start giving copyright credit to scanner operators. Or, a la Gutenberg, to scanner owners. And a new can of worms for every inkjet printer.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.orgwrote:
On 29 June 2011 15:15, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote:
We have many people who scan images from books, etc. In those cases we
give
copyright as applicable, as public domain if they are old. Is the case different in case we take photos from art?
Very much! A picture of the Mona Lisa is copyrightable. Even if the painting of the Mona Lisa is out of copyright.
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