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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Xeen on 1 November 2003, 04:30

Title: Bill Gates's hair is copyrighted??
Post by: Xeen on 1 November 2003, 04:30

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031031/CASCAN31/TPTechnology/ (http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031031/CASCAN31/TPTechnology/)

 

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When Business 2.0 sought a picture of Bill Gates's hair to superimpose on photos of models to dramatize a story on the Microsoft founder's possible corporate heirs, they couldn't find two depictions that were the same. His hair was always bad, but bad in a different way. And when the editors finally selected a photo to use, the rights were held by a photo archive owned by Mr. Gates himself, Corbis Outline, which ruled that his hair is not severable from his head.

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LOL!

Title: Bill Gates's hair is copyrighted??
Post by: cahult on 1 November 2003, 05:00

Wonder if he did like Fred Astaire did with his legs and model Suzanne Mizzi did with her boobs, insure it against things like this.

Title: Bill Gates's hair is copyrighted??
Post by: Fett101 on 1 November 2003, 21:32

Um... the right to the photo they wanted to use was copyrighted.