This is a great point. Should translation to 3d start a new copyright timer. With colorization several people have argued it should. What about remastering an old song to clean it up?

If i go to a museum and clean a 700 year old painting should i gain a copyright in the new brighter version?

I would especially like to comment on the second legal factor that Ramona has mentioned in the article. The point raised is very valid and I think that even if some legal authority comes up with guidelines/rules on the number of active glasses used during a single viewing, there is no way to verify if such rules are being followed. My case study team (for the final paper that we have to write) came across a similar issue about Netflix (which is the topic we are writing about). Netflix definitely has rules and regulation about how many users can use a particular login ID and password and if the login credentials should be shared with someone else. What Netflix can do at the most is state some rules and regulations in their agreements. Its definitely not feasible for Netflix to monitor if each and every customer is following those guidelines. Services like Netflix are a definitely innovative and have changed the way people are watching online media contents but then such services also question existing legal practices.

By the way, Apple plans to come up with something called as ‘iSlate soon. We can definitely expect something revolutionary from them. Who knows if such innovative devices are again going to put into question the current legal practices like the 3D television in the above article does.