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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cesariojpn, post: 448966, member: 11408&quot;]Yeah, but according to the Case, the item being photographed merely transfers it&#039;s copyright state to the photograph, irregardless of who took it. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I took a straight or near shot of say, a book cover,i&#039;m a copyright violator. If I took a photo of the sides of a book, without even showing the cover, i&#039;m ok seeing that a book&#039;s size or it&#039;s sides (unless they have some sort of design or other factor) isn&#039;t subject to copyright laws. </p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, since most coins (IIRC, the State Quarters are actually Copyrighted by the US Mint, go fig) and paper money are public domain items, merely photographing/scanning them straight on and adhearing to the rules on reproduction automatically gives the photo a public domain status. I can&#039;t claim a scan of a dollar bill is mine, because the dollar bill is something created by the US Government, and since many works by them are public domain, including stuff done by the BEP, and no creative aspect is involved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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