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Subject: Wal-mart won't print your photos if they look too good
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:32:30 -0400
From: Paul Levy <plevy@citizen.org>
To: <declan@well.com>

They might violate the copyright of a professional photographer.....

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/personaltech/20050530-9999-mz1b30snap.html

Apparently, photofinishers generally have reacted to a suit against
Kmart a few years ago, that Kmart felt it had to settle for $100,000.
Ultimately a product of overly expansive secondary liability rules, it
seems to me.  Why should the photographers be able to get damages from
the printer instead of having to go after the individuals who order the
photos from the photofinisher?



Paul Alan Levy
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 - 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 588-1000
http://www.citizen.org/litigation

Posted by Declan McCullagh on Jun 07, 2005 in category intellectual-property

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