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authors are releasing their work on the Net right now, without any promise of protection.[119] As to the issue of scanning images into computers, author David Loundy is emphatic in his view of copyright protection, “Images that are scanned are in violation of the original copyright holder’s rights, unless permission to distribute the scanned image is obtained,’` whether or not the image is further distributed.[120] This view seems to be precisely Ms. Litman’s concern regarding the protection of the user’s right to view. Of course scanning an image, eliminating the copyright notice and distributing the photo is a matter of serious concern to copyright holders.[121] Conclusion Only time will tell what Net users, Net photogs and Net publishers ultimately determine to be

fair use. To state the issue succinctly, “Fair use is always subject to interpretation.’`[122] [FNa J.D. Candidate 1996, Georgia State University School of Law. This paper was written as part of Professor Patrick Wiseman's Summer, 1995 Law and the Internet class. Thank you to Chas Underwood for this introduction into the photography world and Jamey Rousey for technical support and cocktails. Comments, corrections and correspondence is welcome, please contact the author at dixie@mindspring.com. 1 Gary Panetta, Changing Reality Gallery Walk, PEORIA JOURNAL STAR, April 24, 1994 2 Philip Greenspun, How I Got Rich & Famous (or at least famous) On the Internet, PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS, July, 1995 at 58. 3 Jonathan A. Franklin, Digital Image Reproduction, Distribution and

Protection: Legal Remedies and Industry wide Alternatives, 10 SANTA CLARA COMPUTER & HIGH TECH. L.J. 347 (1994) 4 Richard Weisgrau & Michael Remer, Copyright Guide for Photographers. 5 Id. 6 Jonathan A. Franklin, Digital Image Reproduction, Distribution and Protection: Legal Remedies and Industry wide Alternatives, 10 SANTA CLARA COMPUTER & HIGH TECH. L.J. 347 (1994) 7 Weisgrau & Remer, Copyright Guide for Photographers, 8Sally Wiener Grotta and Daniel Grotta, What’s New In Filmless Cameras, PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS, 58, March 1995. 9 Don E. Tomlinson and Christopher R. Harris, Free-Lance Photojournalism in a Digital World: Copyright, Lanham Act and Droit Moral Considerations Plus a Sui Generis Solution, 45 FED. COMM. L.J. 1, 8 (December, 1992). 10Russ Versteeg,

Jurimetric Copyright: Future Shock for the Visual Arts, 13 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT. L.J. 125 (1994). 11 Id. 12 Id. at 133 (quoting 991 F.2d at 518 (9th Cir. 1993)). This essay presents the problematic relationship between copyright as it relates to computer decisions and the unique aspects of the visual arts. 13 Id. at 132. 14 Id. 15 Robert A. Cinque, Making Cyberspace Safe for Copyright: The Protection of Electronic Works in a Protocol to the Berne Convention, 18 FORDHAM INT’L L.J. 1258 (1995) 16 Id. 17 Id. 18 Id. 19 Id. 20 Id. (citing Berne Convention, 17 U.S.C. sec 102(1) (1988 & Supp. IV 1992) art. 9(1) and MAI systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993)). 21 Robert A. Cinque, Making Cyberspace Safe for Copyright: The Protection of Electronic Works in a

Protocol to the Berne Convention, 18 FORDHAM INT’L L.J. 1258 (1995) (citing Berne Convention art 7(6). 22 Cinque’s note explores several complex areas of international copyright law see Robert A. Cinque, Making Cyberspace Safe for Copyright: The Protection of Electronic Works in a Protocol to the Berne Convention, 18 FORDHAM INT’L L.J. 1258 (1995). 23 Jennifer T. Olsson, Rights in Fine Art Photography: Through A Lens Darkly, 70 TEX. L. REV.,1489, 1500, (May, 1992). This article reviews fine art copyright and the Visual Artist Rights Act of 1990. 24 Id. at 1501. 25 Id. (quoting Linda J. Lacey, Of Bread and Roses and Copyrights, 1989 DUKE L.J. 1532, 1536-37. 26 Jonathan A. Franklin, Digital Image Reproduction, Distribution and Protection: Legal Remedies and Industry wide

Alternatives, 10 SANTA CLARA COMPUTER & HIGH TECH. L.J. 347 (1994). See also Benjamin R. Seecof, Scanning Into the Future of Copyrightable Images: Computer-Based Image Processing Poses a Present Threat, 5 HIGH TECH. L.J. 371 (1990). 27 Id. 28 David Walker, Consulting Firm Forms Copyright Clearinghouse, PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS, April, 1995 at 30. 29 Pamela Samuelson and Robert J. Glushko, Intellectual Property Rights for Digital Library and Hypertext, 6 HAV.J.L. & TECH. 237 (1993) 30 Don E. Tomlinson and Christopher R. Harris, Free-Lance Photojournalism in a Digital World: Copyright, Lanham Act and Droit Moral Considerations Plus a Sui Generis Solution, 45 FED. COMM. L.J. 1, 29 (December, 1992). 31 Id. 32 Jonathan A. Franklin, Digital Image Reproduction, Distribution and