A photographer accusing Nike Inc. of pilfering his 1984 picture of Michael Jordan to create its iconic “Jumpman” logo wants the U.S. Supreme Court to draw the line between when two pictures are just similar and when one is a rip-off.
The Supreme Court, if it takes the case, could clarify when elements in photos deserve the same level of copyright protection as aspects of music, paintings, and literature. Jacobus Rentmeester’s Dec. 3 petition to the high court pointed to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling involving an Oscar Wilde portrait that held photography as equal to the other creative fields. ...
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