tj444 -> RE: Your food may be copyrigted... (8/24/2015 8:53:18 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MercTech This should probably be in a "Weird News" section. I got a kick out of it. (and I'm not one for trampling) https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.welt.de%2Ffinanzen%2Fverbraucher%2Farticle145156808%2FDas-Fotografieren-von-Essen-koennte-teuer-werden.html&edit-text= I wonder if that meme will cross over to the U.S. Posting a picture of your meal is violation of the chef's copyright to his creation. Sometimes people actually do come across as a really weird science fiction story. well.. if the copyright infringer doesnt mention the name of the restaurant/chef that produced the item, how can the restaurant/chef prove that there was a copyright infrigment? If you pay $ for your meal then why cant you take a pic of it or a selfie of you eating it? You buy a toy, why cant you take a pic of your child playing with it? An architect usually has a copyright on his/her building's design/floorplan but anyone can take a pic of the building, but you cant reproduce the building itself without copyright infringment. When has an architects copyright extended to someone else's pics of his/her buildings? And once the chef has passed his/her "creation" to you/sold it to you, then he no longer owns it. Personally i have never seen the attraction to taking pics of your food.. and too, once its on the internet its on forever.. Imo its the person that takes the pic that has the copyright and can sell the pic to whoever wants to buy the pic of sushi/some building/anything else in the world.. As far as the US goes, dont those kinda lawsuits need to prove a financial loss? And if this applies to food, then anyone taking a pic of someones dog (even in a public place) would also be infringing on the dog owners copyrights, or any other silly example of going extreme/stupid.. I would classify this not as a weird science fiction story but rather as a stupid/dumb people news story.. or in this case, a stupid/dumb-law-firm-looking-for-more-work news story.. [8|]
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