[filmscanners] RE: Web images copyright

["LAURIE SOLOMON" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

I beg to differ.  While we may be arguing sematics, it was the case even
under the legislation and interpretation that you are referring to that a
collection was considered a body of work as long as the submitter gave the
collection of diverse individual items the same single name - such a
Collected Photographs From Jan., 1950, to Feb., 1950, by XXXX  XXXX.  This
single umbrella title sufficed the copywrite office as defining a collection
as a single body of work.  The change in the law, I believe, merely
eliminated the requirement that the collection be a body of work as a legal
formality.

-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:33 PM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Web images copyright


Actually, I'm not sure that's completely true.  As I recall, there was a
change in the US copyright registration law, or at least a clarification
or interpretation change of it, way back in the late '70's.

It used to read that a collection of work could be copyrighted under one
registration, but the proviso was that the pieces had to be considered a
body of work which had some type of continuity, such as a book of
images, or articles, an exhibit, etc.  There was a change in either the
wording or interpretation made back some time ago, that even a
collection of diverse art, or a grouping that didn't have a specific
theme or purpose could still be registered as a grouping.

Art


LAURIE SOLOMON wrote:

> They always have permitted the bulk colpyrighting of groups of images
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Bernie Kubiak
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:29 AM
> To: laurie@advancenet.net
> Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Web images copyright
>
>
> An addition to Art's note:  in the US if you've registered your copyright
it
> is much easier to defend it and to get a settlement if the image is
stolen.
> My understanding is the copyright office now allows you to register groups
> of images, which saves time and money.
>
> -----------------------------
>


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