UK Legal First: Similar composition a copyright infringement

Amateur Photographer UK summarizes a first of its kind ruling in the UK, where composing a picture in a similar fashion (even if not identical) was considered copyright infringement. Details, the court ruling, and the two red London bus pictures that were the subject of this case are available through Am Pho UK. Discussion of this at the Am Pho UK forums.

The potential downside of rulings of this kind is if they were to be abused by legal eagles, they would make software "master of the obvious" patents look like child's play. What next? Copyright violations on sunset and sunrise pictures? :)