[WikiEN-l] Inconsistent image argument.

[Matthew Brown]

On Jan 2, 2008 3:23 PM, Meg Ireland <megireland99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> So if you believe that to be true, you would have to explain the
> glyphs representing Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. According to
> biographies of the band, they themselves designed both glyphs. If so
> the images date to 1971, meaning they would still be in copyright.

As is explained e.g. here:

http://www.inthelight.co.nz/ledzep/zososymbol.htm

All the symbols are not new and not created by the band or its
members, although they were chosen by them.  It shows an image of a
book from the sixteenth century with the 'Zoso' symbol in it, pretty
much exactly as used by the band.

No, the copyrightability question is whether combining four
long-existing symbols is sufficient for copyright in the United
States; the argument that it is not is compelling.

-Matt