[WikiEN-l] Subscription idea

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Fri Dec 26 19:43:07 UTC 2008


2008/12/26  <WJhonson at aol.com>:

> If I take a picture of the Declaration of Independence under glass at the
> National Archives, I gain a copyright to my image.  That does NOT give me a
> copyright to the actual underlying document that I've imaged.  If I take a
> picture of the Lincoln Memorial, I gain a copyright to my image.  Not to  the item
> imaged.


Quite possibly false - see Bridgeman v. Corel.


- d.



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