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I've been thinking about an analogous real-life situation: I'm on vacation and ask a random stranger, "Please take a picture of me in front of this landmark." W
by kens 12y ago
I've been thinking about an analogous real-life situation: I'm on vacation and ask a random stranger, "Please take a picture of me in front of this landmark." Who owns the copyright in this case? Does it depend on who has creative control over the photo? (i.e. if I set up the photo and they just push the button vs they compose the photo and tell me where to stand.) I've thought this over, and I see reasonable arguments on both sides.
- ghaff 12y agoI'm guessing, in theory, they do. In practice, well, it's not an issue. And if there were situations where this were commercially important, you'd want to make clear that copyright was explicitly assigned.