[Foundation-l] Help requested on Commons copyright woes

Sun Jul 23 05:36:10 UTC 2006

On 7/22/06, Michael Snow <wikipedia at earthlink.net> wrote:
> They have? If so, could you point one out? So far, I know that people
> have pointed to a statutory definition of photographs as artistic works
> in their own right under UK law. But beyond that argument, which doesn't
> seem to clearly settle the matter, I'm not aware of anything that
> addresses the precise issue in Bridgeman v. Corel under UK law. Indeed,
> the famous Bridgeman opinion was only issued after the court originally
> decided the case based on its understanding of UK law (with the same
> result), and was persuaded to reconsider and concluded that US law
> applied, thus more clearly stating how this principle operates for US
> law. Now a US court is certainly not the final word on UK law, but I'd
> like to know more if there really is a conflicting decision out there.

Pinging James F, since he was the one that told me about this during
our meeting in London. My attention to all things UK is lacking.