Saturday, May 24, 2008

More on copyright and tanning products

Bill Patry has also posted on the copyright side of the Designer Skin case. As my comment there didn’t show up for some reason, and as it’s actually a point of general interest that I drafted some thoughts on but omitted from my initial post, I thought I’d recreate the comment here. Patry argues that §113(c) is the obvious barrier to the copyright claimsâ€"“In the case of a work lawfully reproduced in useful articles that have been offered for sale or other distribution to the public, copyright d