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Re:Canadian Photographers Now Officially Own the Copyright t... by doesnt_know on Monday November 12, 2012 @02:48AM (#4771970)
What happens when you photograph something that someone else owns the copyright to? Eg: If I photographed a piece of artwork, do I own the copyright of that image? A good enough camera and some editing afterwards could produce a pretty excellent digital copy of said piece of art, even though it's technically a photo.

What about video? If I record a movie with a cam corder do I now own the copyright to the video I made and can distribute it legally?

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Re:Canadian Photographers Now Officially Own the Copyright t... by grabeh on Monday November 12, 2012 @05:19AM (#4772247)
A creation can simultaneously attract its own copyright protection (if sufficient labour/skill has been expended in its creation) whilst at the same time infringe a third party copyright.

In the above examples, if there is a substantial reproduction of the original artwork notwithstanding the subsequent manipulation, there would be a prima facie case of copyright infringement.

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