Comments on: Hee hee hee … Perez vs. X17 Is Getting DIRTY

By: Maz2331

Maz2331 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:02:31 +0000

X17 has one big problem here, and that problem is that their images are not copyrightable in the first place. US courts have held for over a century that copyright only protects the original and creative aspects of a work, and doesn’t extend to protecting the effort (”sweat of the brow”) or luck involved in creating it.

So, unless the photographers actively posed the subject, chose the lighting, camera angles, etc. they have zero “creative expression” to protect. The key is originality and expression, period.

Just pushing the shutter release to capture what the photographer sees at a moment in time doen’t cut it.

This is the “dirty little secret” of copyright law that a lot of people don’t understand. They don’t “own” the image to begin with, since their photographer didn’t “express” or “create” the image. They only “captured” something that would have happened if they weren’t there.

Portraits and “fine art” photography, movie scenes, and staged events are protectable. Candid photographs are not.

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By: vdantev

vdantev — Tue, 29 May 2007 23:29:36 +0000

I hope all the blog readers who put too much interest in the fate of Perez Hilton et al get an inoperable tumor at the base of your spine. He’s rich, you’re not- get over it.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:56:05 +0000

I hope Perez gets what’s coming to him, just like all his little so-called “pals” (Valtrex Wonk-Eye, Nicole “I need a sandwich” Richie, etc.) He is a pathetic waste of space, both on servers and in reality. He is nothing but a leech desperate for fame which he DOESN’T deserve. He’s no better than Dina Lohan.