[Foundation-l] Help requested on Commons copyright woes

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 7/21/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21/07/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> > If you're not a lawyer why are you pushing these legal interpretations?
>
> Because that's what we're all doing. I don't think my conservative
> interpretation of the law is dangerous in any way.

Saying that photos of 3D pd works do not carry copyright is not a
conservative interpretation. :)

The only reason that we hold the position that (in the US) photographs
of PD 2D works don't gain the photographers copyright is because of
Bridgeman v. Corel.