Category: Copyright

In a statement to Re/Code, a Microsoft spokesperson said they would “take a close look at Getty’s concerns,” as they are “copyright owners” themselves and think “the laws in this area are very important.”

• A mural painted by an elephant.
• A claim based on the appearance of actual animal skin.
• A claim based on driftwood that has been shaped and smoothed by the ocean.

The image was an instant Internet phenomenon, guaranteeing financial success for the British photographer. That is until editors at Wikipedia deemed the image belonged in the public domain and could be used, at no cost, by anyone online. “This [image] is in the public domain, because as the work of a non-human animal, it has no human author in whom copyright is vested,” said Wikipedia’s group of editors.

claiming that it is the monkey who owns the copyright

Here to help those with any image in question is this handy little infographic, created by Curtis Newbold, The Visual Communications Guy.

the court wrote, “the creation of a full‐text searchable database is a quintessentially transformative use”.

The ad used a photo of a pot of gold, captioned with “Your pot of gold is right here baby. Report unlicensed software and GET PAID.” The photo used in the ad was of a cake baked by Cakecentral user Bethasd

So the contest will go down something like this: TimeOut will use your images to illustrate the nominated restaurants instead of sending a professional photographer – this in the name of “reader participation.” Then maybe if the image doesn’t suck, they’ll put you on the cover, but not give you anything else.