I suppose you could take a picture of it and then copyright it. One photographer went around taking pictures of the Malbury Cigarette Cowboy signs and passing it off as his art. In a message dated 6/13/02 4:24:24 PM EST, azinn@netbox.com writes: > Colleagues, > > Can found-photos be protected by copyright? I collect flea-market photos of > old pictures and may want to own new copyrights. > > thanks, > > AZ