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Re:Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight by cabalamat on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:50AM (#15225999)
If someone sets up a program to do something, do they own the output from that program, e.g. compiled code? My understanding is yes -- is that wrong?

I also imagine writing the program to create songs would count as a creative act.

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Re:Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight by criddell on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:17AM (#15226367)
I don't think that's right.

For example, when Clippy pops up and helps me write my novel, Microsoft doesn't have any copyright claims.

> I also imagine writing the program to create songs would count as a creative act.

Yes! You would own the copyright on the creator program, but not the created works.

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