Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2018
Abstract
This article will focus on three aspects of copyright law as it applies to the photography of underwater cultural heritage. First, to what extent can a salvor claim exclusive rights to photograph a particular site? Second, who is the author (or who are the authors) of such underwater photography, which increasingly involves the use of remote-controlled robotic drones? Third, to what extent can a State control the use of underwater photography that falls within its territorial waters?8 All three of these aspects have been the subject of lawsuits and judicial opinions in the United States; and those opinions shed light on the utility of copyright to serve the new role that those who seek to protect underwater cultural heritage have thrust upon it.
Automated Citation
Tyler T. Ochoa,
Copyright and Underwater Cultural Heritage
, 49 J. Mar. L. & Com. 441
(2018),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/facpubs/964