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Slater's argument, from what I read, was that he did enough to the photo to own the copyright. Looking for the court documents, in any case.
by ringaroundthetx 9y ago
Slater's argument, from what I read, was that he did enough to the photo to own the copyright.
Looking for the court documents, in any case.
- maxlybbert 9y agoI don't like that argument. In Feist, the Supreme Court said that creativity is what matters, not how much work was involved. And it doesn't have to be much creativity at that.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoWhen he said "did enough", he meant creativity, or easily could mean that.
- maxlybbert 9y agoThe article says "Mr Slater, of Chepstow, said he put in a lot of effort which was more than enough for him to claim copyright." "A lot of effort" sounds like "sweat of the brow copyright" to me, which was explicitly rejected by the Supreme Court in the US.