Sculpture out of photography: A suggestion   General Culture,
General Photography  Another follow-up, this one to my post
about fair use. Here is a post about sculptors who produced a
piece out of a photo by Alex Brown. I actually knew of that
case, Alex had emailed me before I wrote my fair-use post. In my
response to Alex’s email I wrote him that I considered this a
case of plagiarism. That said, here is a suggestion for how to
solve this particular case: Have the sculptors add Alex as a co-
creator of the work and have them give him a share of whatever
money they might make (if they make any). This solution might
actually work for a lot of similar cases, and it would satisfy
those who think it’s obvious plagiarism (the creative work of
the photographer would be preserved, since he would be given
credit for his work), and those who think it’s not (because the
derived art work - if we want to call it that - would just
remain part of the art world).