[WikiEN-l] Grandmother copyrighted anonymous works

Tue Sep 12 16:27:02 UTC 2006

On 9/12/06, zero 0000 <nought_0000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think there is a point you are missing.  If I ask someone else to
> take a photo of me with my camera, then (if nothing is otherwise
> said) both of us normally assume that the photo and all its rights
> will be mine.  Such a shared assumption can be considered an
> [[implicit contract]].  If so, an actual (not just imagined) transfer
> of copyright has occurred.
>
> Zero (who knows nothing about it).
>
The problem with that argument is that copyright transfers, other than
by operation of law, have to be in writing.

Anthony