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MichMan

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2. The ruling is correct

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 09:46 AM

Mar 2021

Last edited Sun Mar 7, 2021, 10:18 AM - Edit history (1)

I am an amateur photographer.

I own the images I take, the subject does not. That has been clearly established in case law and taking a photograph applies copyright protection over it.

Can the Mona Lisa descendents therefore claim ownership over the painting?

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Judge rules Harvard owns slave images, not descendants [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP

Dumb judge. That's going to be reversed. The plaintiff... brush Mar 2021 #1

The ruling is correct MichMan Mar 2021 #2