Ugly legislation in the U.S.

Posted Jan 28, 2006 1:26 UTC (Sat) by amikins (guest, #451)
In reply to: Ugly legislation in the U.S. by ekj
Parent article: Ugly legislation in the U.S.

Even before digital content, some of these types of issues showed up with copyright law already.

For instance.. It is totally illegal for my mother to make reprints of her wedding photos. They were done by a professional photographer, so the photographer has copyright on the photos. The photographer can no longer be located -- could be dead for all we know -- and no photography studio will duplicate the images, since the photograph is marked.

It's really kinda insane, that someone is legally unable to reproduce a picture of themselves.