[WikiEN-l] copyright on scanned copy?

[Oldak Quill]

On 17/11/06, zero 0000 <nought_0000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have an actual situation as follows.  Someone
> has taken an old map (long out of copyright),
> scanned it onto their computer, and now claims
> to hold copyright on the scan.
>
> It seems to me this is a bluff.  A computer scan
> should not be any different from a photocopy.
> There is no artistic input to the result, and in this
> case the scanner even advertises that the computer
> file is a precise reproduction of the original.
>
> Am I wrong?
>
> Thanks, Zero.

As long as this someone hasn't manipulated the scanned copy of the
map, you are right.

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)