John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup writes: >> Last time I looked, the owner of a Michelangelo painting does not have >> the copyright on the painting. He has, however, the power to determine >> who may take photographs of it. > > He has the power to put it where no one can get near it with camera. > In the US if he hangs it in his store window I can stand out in the > street and photograph it with impunity (and own the copyright in the > photograph)
You will find that museums, even though they put paintings on public display, have the right to stop people from taking photographs of the paintings. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
