>Copyright protection attaches to a work as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium by an author.
this is what photons do to silver on the film the moment you press the button on the film based photo camera. This is why actual photographer has the copyright. The fact that more light can destroy the image until it is developed has the same effect on copyright as the fact that cassette recording can be destroyed by magnetic field.
>Undeveloped film is arguably not a tangible medium suitable for communication and this film is obviously not being developed by its author. The development process of film renders it suitable for copy.
are you trying to say that Kodak development shops own copyright for 99% of the photos made in the US in the second half of the 20th century?
this is what photons do to silver on the film the moment you press the button on the film based photo camera. This is why actual photographer has the copyright. The fact that more light can destroy the image until it is developed has the same effect on copyright as the fact that cassette recording can be destroyed by magnetic field.
>Undeveloped film is arguably not a tangible medium suitable for communication and this film is obviously not being developed by its author. The development process of film renders it suitable for copy.
are you trying to say that Kodak development shops own copyright for 99% of the photos made in the US in the second half of the 20th century?