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Sahuc v. Tucker: two photographs of a New Orleans cathedral

Decision date · 13 February 2006

Context photograph: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, the subject of both photographs in the dispute.
Context photograph: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, the subject of both photographs in the dispute. 88maddie.taylor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized

The dispute

Two photographers depicted St. Louis Cathedral from the same gate in misty conditions.

The decision

The appeals court upheld the finding that the later photograph did not infringe the first.

Source

Fifth Circuit · No. 04-30434

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