"Stujoe" wrote in message
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TerryS spoke thusly...
"Stujoe" wrote in message
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I don't buy it but Wikipedia seems to take the position that pictures
of
US coins ineligible to be copyrighted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Morgan_dollar.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Money-US
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Coin Information Site:
http://www.Stujoe.com
The "design' is ineligible for copyright.
I agree. And I disagree that photos of them are in the public domain.
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Coin Information Site:
http://www.Stujoe.com
I don't think that anyone would dispute that Campbell's Ltd own the
copyright for the design of their soup can labels.
I further doubt that anyone would successfully argue that Andy Warhol does
*not* own the copyright to his oversize prints of these labels.
Same artwork - different producer (I hesitate to say "artist", or
"executor").
Does Andy Warhol own the rights to his prints, even though they are slavish
copies?
How about a photograph of a famous public building? Who owns the rights to
the photo? The photographer or the architect?
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Jeff R.
(curiouser and curiouser)