[Wikipedia-l] Copyright and web cams

Thu Jan 2 13:56:38 UTC 2003

It's an interesting academic question, but it seems likely that we
could get them to release that particular image under GNU FDL.

Ray Saintonge wrote:

> I was looking for supplementary material regarding the [[Quetzal]] 
> article, and ended up with a copyright question.
> 
> An organization maintains a web-cam in front of a hummingbird feeder in 
> Costa Rica.  Most of the time there are no visitors to the feeder.  On 
> one occasion I find a great specimen has come to feed, and I save the 
> picture.  Although the owner of the web-cam maintains an archive, I have 
> made a point not to use an archived picture.  
> 
> The question:  Does the owner of the web cam have any copyright claim on 
> the picture that I have downloaded?  I suspect not, because he made no 
> creative effort to shoot that particular picture.  I would be interested 
> in other opinions.
> 
> Eclecticology
> 
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