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Court Rules Photo of Memorial Violates Copyright

Posted by kdawson on from the stamp-of-disapproval dept.

WhatDoIKnow sends in a story about an appeals court ruling in a singular case that might have the effect of narrowing "fair use" rights for transformative uses of artworks. "The sculptor who designed the Korean War memorial [in Washington DC] brought suit against the Postal Service after a photograph of his work was used on a postage stamp. Though first ruled protected by 'fair use,' on appeal the court ruled in favor (PDF) of the sculptor, Frank Gaylord, now 85."

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  1. CANADA GOLD IN HOCKEY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Way to go Canada!!! GO CANADA GO!

    Mod this up if you love hockey!

    1. Re:CANADA GOLD IN HOCKEY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I have no mod points but

      GO CANADA! First we beat the american scum on the ice, next is the battlefield

    2. Re:CANADA GOLD IN HOCKEY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I know this is off topic (don't waste your mod points), but didn't Canada lose to the USA once during these Winter Olympics?

    3. Re:CANADA GOLD IN HOCKEY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes... on February 21st as a Group A game: http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/results-and-schedules/match=IHM400A06/index.html Both teams won enough to advance to the next round, but the shitty thing is that the US team was undefeated save the final game.

    4. Re:CANADA GOLD IN HOCKEY! by epp_b · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Does it matter? We still won gold ;)

      /off topic

    5. Re:CANADA GOLD IN HOCKEY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes yes, score one for the flappy heads. Now run along and play nicely.

    6. Re:CANADA GOLD IN HOCKEY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You mean score fourteen.

  2. Yank Stamps Story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wtfayboa?

  3. USA is fucked by Alien+Being · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Communism == evil godlessness ergo capitalism == sainthood. Fuck the people who made my idea worth something. Now they are my slaves.

    Right..

    Nuke DC, LA and NYC.

    Floyd R. Turbo,

    American