[Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Fri Jul 27 13:14:48 UTC 2012


On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> I don't see that joint authorship enters into this at all. I think it's safe
> to assume that the one holding the camera is the one making the creative
> decisions about the photos.

Then continue to advise people that they are the sole owner of a
photograph just because they clicked the shutter.

My advice is that the law isn't that simple, and that blanket
statements of that type are quite often incorrect.



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