Len Scapp is a photographer for American Geographic, a monthly magazine with beautiful nature pictures. For this month's issue, he climbs a mountain and gets a spectacular sunrise shot in the Rocky Mountains. Freelance photographer Frank Furter loves the picture, finds the spot and sets up to take an IDENTICAL shot. Scapp sues Furter for copyright infringement. Furter admits in testimony he envied Scapp's shot and stole his idea. Furter would be liable for infringing on Scapp's intellectual property.

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You can't copyright an idea. Even if two pictures look the same, as long as it's not an actual copy it's OK. Do you have any idea how many pictures of Mt. Rushmore are taken from exactly the same spot?

Len Scapp Is a Photographer for American Geographic, a Monthly