[WikiEN-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[geni]

2009/9/17 Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/9/17 Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>:
>>> There is a lot more skill than 'painting by numbers' involved. One way
>>> to tell is to look at the market for such skills. Look at the salaries
>>> paid to a painter and to a skilled image restorer.
>>>
>>> Even if you can't do that, then the time involved is the clincher. It
>>> may not be strictly speaking creative, but it does deserve
>>> recognition.
>>
>> That would be sweat of the brow. US law not care about such things
>> (which is why the NPG is sueing in the UK).
>
> Yeah, I know. But you are missing the point. Re-read the thread.
>
> Carcharoth

A depressing number of people trying to argue their way around the
creativity requirement in US copyright.

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geni