What is copyrightable?

[tegan]

Despite the preferences of some, likenesses, displays, visual effects, fireworks displays etc. are not copyrightable. To be copyrightable a work must be in a "substantive form" or tangeable form with some degree of permanence.

Tegan

[tegan]

Whether buildings are copyrightable or not, does not mean that you cannot photograph them. In the U.S. where they try to tell you that you cannot photograph a copyrighted building there is a PHOTOGRAPHIC EXEMPTION in the legislation that permits taking photos of any copyrighted building.

Tegan