[Wikipedia-l] Copyright and web cams

[Ray Saintonge]

Erik Moeller wrote:

>>The question:  Does the owner of the web cam have any copyright claim on
>>the picture that I have downloaded?  I suspect not, because he made no
>>creative effort to shoot that particular picture.  I would be interested
>>in other opinions.
>>
>
>Before we look at this interesting question -- is the picture actually of  
>sufficient quality for Wikipedia? Webcams I've seen so far tended to be  
>blurry and low-res, but maybe that has changed.
>
For the purposes of this question we have to assume that the quality is 
acceptable.  If it's not worth putting up, then the copyright question 
doesn't matter anyway.  Generally I find the quality of the pictures to 
be mixed.  Some are adequate to illustrate articles about nature or 
volcanoes.

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