Copyrights again

[echnidna]

I have heard photographers say that if someone takes a photo then for anyone else to do the same photo is a breach of copyright. Studley

There are legal precedents that mean that cannot occur.

[DavidG]

Some reading on the subject

[echnidna]

Thanks for that reference David its very helpful.

Its very clear from the online document that photographs of an existing work of art are merely reproductions of that work of art and thus lack the necessary creativity to qualify for copyright of such photograph.

Of course if the photographer has sufficiently abridged the image then copyright may apply.