Re:The Neues Museum claims copyright over 3D-printing files ...
by incompatible on Saturday November 30, 2019 @08:00PM
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Real-world objects are generally not copyrightable, unless they fall into one of the categories in which copyright law defines, such as sculptures, buildings, and "works of artistic craftmanship". If it's just a rock, or a mass-produced car part, it's unlikely to be copyrightable. Hence it would follow, at least to me, that a mechanical 3D scan of the object wouldn't be copyrightable either, since it has no originality.
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Re:The Neues Museum claims copyright over 3D-printing files ...
by perl4ever on Saturday November 30, 2019 @10:49PM
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A brief search suggests that the shape of a car is copyrightable, but only to the extent that it isn't dictated by function.
https://ccbjournal.com/articles/automobile-designs-protectin...