RE: Are x-rays copyrightable?[Scanned by MAIL]

["Croft, Janet B." <jbcroft@xxxxxx>]

That was my initial thought -- it's a record of a fact.  But isn't a regular
old photograph of a fact copyrighted?

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-----Original Message-----
From: Williamson, Lori B. [mailto:WILLIAMSONL@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:05 PM
To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Are x-rays copyrightable?[Scanned by MAIL]

I would have to play the devil's advocate here and say I don't think it
would be copyrightable.  I see no creativity or originality at all--the
point of an xray is to not be creative, but just to represent exact copy
of a common human trait.

Any other opinions?

Lori

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Griffey [mailto:Jason-Griffey@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:59 PM
To: Heather Williams; digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Are x-rays copyrightable?[Scanned by MAIL]

Legally, I think it would be hard to distinguish between an Xray and
some
other type of photographic method. Certainly X-Rays have been used as
artistic
expression, and even a routine xray would qualify, I think.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Heather Williams [mailto:hrwilli@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 2/7/2008 2:01 PM
To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Are x-rays copyrightable?

Is an x-ray sufficiently creative to be copyrightable?  Would an image
of an
x-ray in a medical text be copyrighted?   What do you all think?





Thanks for any help!

Heather



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