Study on Copyrights in Photography
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Added on 2020-05-16
Study on Copyrights in Photography
Added on 2020-05-16
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Photography Copyright 1PHOTOGRAPHY COPYRIGHTby Student’s NameCourse code+NameProfessor’s NameUniversity NameCity, StateDate of submission
Photography Copyright 2Copyrights in photographyIn the artist world, photography is a genre in the art that is very popular in terms of origination and distribution speed. Mainly, the reason behind its popularity is the creation of photographs in the sense that one just requires a camera to capture a photo. Distribution speed has been enhanced by the internet in that when photographs get to the internet they can spread like wildfire depending on how they appeal to the viewers or how they are perceived to mean. When this stage is reached, the question of who actually owns the photography comes in in relation to the copyrights in the photography world. This paper seeks to look into the matter of right ownership, personal view and support. The arguments will be done in relation to the Britishphotographer David Slater’s case.According toUK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988,the copyright owner isthe person who created it. However, the argument is on whether Slater created the photography, which has been argued against, or whether the monkeys created them (Dodgson 2017). Other aspects that could be affecting the case is the intention of use for example as argued in the case of perfect 10 vs Google, it was argued that infringement cannot be sustained in place of distribution of knowledge to the many who access google. The other aspect of the argument is onwhich form the selfies have been used, whether in the original form or whether altered and the extent of the alteration if any. According to Murabayashi (2017), Iin the case of Nussenzweig v DiCorcia, the extent to which the alteration has been done has separated the new photography from the original ones. In this case, the original photos were used.I would take the side of Slater being awarded the copyright since he is the one who acted in a way that enhanced the capturing of these photos. Animals are not classified as human and according to the copyrights law, only human being can own copyrights (Guadamuz 2016). The
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