Insane English copyright ruling creates ownership in the idea of a photo’s composition
In a bizarre ruling, an English court has ruled that in favor of a commercial poster company that argued that a photo that showed a similar (but different) scene taken by a different person in a different place nevertheless infringed the copyright of a poster. What the judge ruled was that photographing a scene that is “substantially similar” to a scene someone else has already photographed infringes the first shooter’s copyright.
Read more of this insanity here at Boing Boing. I’m off to check whether I can get a case going against all those other photographers who have stolen my composition idea of clouds near the horizon at sunset!
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Filed under: lifestyle, photography, Strange World
I see the internet is paved with infringements of my composition idea, “Couple standing in front of “. Eg, “Couple standing in front of Eiffel Tower”, “Couple standing in front of Statue of Liberty”, “Couple standing in front of Great Pyramid at Giza”, etc
While it is a good target for fun, it is really scary! Ideas being copyrighted?? Can I book a trip to Mars, please. This world is becoming sillier!
Oooh… must be careful with “<” and “>” characters in WordPress comments.
That should have read “Couple standing in front of <iconic object>”.
Yes indeed – WordPress sees those pointy brackets as an invite into HTML. Which is good in a way because you can insert HTML into WP comments
May I go to Mars with you please?
… preferably on the Bounty ….
That is crazy stuff. That means that no one will be able to improve because we all stand on the shoulders of giants.
My god, half of landscape photographing owes its ideas to Ansel Adams.