body: There was a case in which a screenshot of a piece of ransomware (a dialog box asking for ransom) was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. It is was claimed that this screenshot is rendered ineligible for copyright protection by the legal doctrine of *ex turpi causa non oritur actio* (Latin for "from a dishonorable cause an action does not arise").
  
  
  My questions are:
  
  
  * Is this correct in the United States of America?
  * Is this correct in the United Kingdom?
  
  
  By "is this correct" I mean whether the doctrine is valid in the queried countries and isf so, whether it applies to copyright.
  
  
  
title: Are screenshots of malware eligible for copyright protection?