[WikiEN-l] Subscription idea

[WJhonson at aol.com]

Ian you're right I overspoke.
 
If I scan a document, I don't create a new copyright for that, as I'm  merely 
doing a mechanical action, which shows no originality.
 
On the photograph issue, I agree with the way you framed it.  If a  person 
merely takes a picture of some copyrighted object that does not create a  new 
copyrightable object.
 
I think my point was that JSTOR, rightly or wrongly, is asserting copyright  
over the images they've taken.  Not over the underlying paper documents,  
which are PD.  So the mere fact that JSTOR has digitized a document doesn't  
create an overwhelming burden for us.  The document itself can still be put  on 
wikisource as pure text or even as someone else's image, just not as a copy  of 
the image from JSTOR.  That would be the way I'd approach it.
 
Will Johnson
 
 
 
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