Comments on: Can You Copyright Nature

By: Gaius

Gaius — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:08:56 +0000

Good question. I have no idea.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:14:48 +0000

Is Chihuly protected from photographers taking pictures of his work as part of a nature photograph (like the botanical gardens and the beautiful pictures that appear here) or is that considered an infringement also?

By: Gaius

Gaius — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:59:31 +0000

Thanks for the link, by the way.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:58:54 +0000

It seems a bit odd to try to claim a copyright in this case. I don’t think the studio system he uses is at all unprecidented (it is similar to an archetect, you’re quite correct). But it does hold him up to a bit of ridicule, I think. I suspect he’ll lose quite a bit of his reputation over this, which will hurt him a lot more than the other guys.

By: Laurenz

Laurenz — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:49:09 +0000

isn’t this a bit like architecture? It’s usually not the architect who actually builds a house…

On the other hand, I never heard of an architect claiming a copyright to the use of a special material – or a building style.

By: A Photo a Day » Strange Flower: Chilhuly in Miami

A Photo a Day » Strange Flower: Chilhuly in Miami — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:55:42 +0000

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By: Black Jack

Black Jack — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:14:06 +0000

I can’t resist the temptation to compare “Chihuly, a glass artist who hasn’t actually blown any glass in 27 years…” to our so-called “liberal” friends in the Democrat party, who refuse to support the actual liberation of over 50 million people because a GOP president accomplished it.

Or to the so-called fiminists who turned their back on Paula Jones and Juanita Broaderick.

Or to the Black Caucus who trashed Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, and Mike Steele.