neb wrote:

> Everything you say is true except this last bit. The subject of the picture
> has no say over who owns it (aside form some rule about pictures of peoples
> faces). A foto of a stargate set is entirely the intelectual property of
> the photographer. The tricky part is a contrived bit: taking a picture of
> the television as it plays SG. Scene composition and the like are obviously
> yours... but what about what is actually on the tv?

What is actually on the TV is indeed covered by copyright, either that
of the show's producer (in which case the station is airing the program
under license) or that of the station (including such shows as news
broadcasts that are locally produced). Taking a picture of a television 
program is indeed unauthorized copying (although it's probably like a 
lot of other things, it would take a rediculously "in-your-face" use of 
the copy to get the attention of the Copyright Gestapo).


-- 
Steve Martin, CPBE CBNT

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