Thank you, Andrew. That seems very clear
(not to mention evil). I've just got one
remaining question. At the time the picture
in question became featured it was argued
that while the original photo (with the
ruler and all) was copyrighted a derived
work using only the manuscript part of the
image would not be (presumably because of
Bridgeman v. Corel).
So my question is: Would this cropping help
at all under British law?
Regards,
Haukur