Re: Claim to copyright

Subject: Re: Re: Claim to copyright

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: : Scenario: A web cam broadcaster, is using a 3rd party site and free broadcast software. Neither claims or disclaims copyright ownership of the broadcast. The site is a free site available to anyone on the internet. : : The broadcaster performs a striptease for general public viewing, exposing themself from head to toe. A viewer, one of hundreds, captures the event displayed on their terminal as a digital image. : : Can the viewer copyright the image? Or can the broadcaster claim using rights to performance? : : What if the viewer posted the image to the internet,on a non-commercial site, disclosing no information regarding the subject other than that offered by the broadcaster themselves, in this case a face and a body? Did this person in this instance negate their right to privacy? What if it was a commercial site? Most likely a web master could only exhibit the material, since use of the digital image to promote the site may infringe on the brodcasters right to publicity.... : : just curious any thoughts? : Dear Questionnaire, : The answer is "yes". : Also watch out for trouble. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop (sm) : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive

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