[Foundation-l] Copyright and cakes...
Chris Keating
chriskeatingwiki at gmail.com
Mon Mar 5 20:40:43 UTC 2012
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> > Does the author
> > (Jezhotwells) have the ability to release it under a free licence, if
> s/he
> > wishes?
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> No but if they put it on permanent display in a public place the photo
> would probably be totally fine under UK freedom of panorama law.
I suspect a court would hold that the set of "cakes" is disjoint from the
set of "objects on permanent display", and thus that a photograph of cake
can never benefit from freedom of panorama.
#nomnomnomnomnom
Chris
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