Walmart won't print your photos if they look too good [ip]
Declan McCullagh <[email protected]>
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-------- Original Message -------- 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 <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)