Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpt...

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 07/17/2009 - 21:15

Welcome to the "ownership" and "entitlement" society, where people feel that you can't do anything without paying everyone.

The latest such example is a lawsuit against the US Postal Service over a recent stamp that is a photo of part of the Korean War Memorial in Washington DC.

The Postal Service licensed the actual photo, but the sculptor who made the memorial itself claims that his copyrights were violated.

Yes. Copyrights. On his sculpture. On a public memorial. We've...

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