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A comment on Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all artworks.

Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by gnopgnip on Monday August 17, 2020 @12:13PM (#24188615)
This flag design would not be eligible for copyright in most countries, as it is just geometric designs and doesn't meet the threshold of creativity. For instance the Tommy Hilfiger flag has been denied copyright protection, it is of similar complexity. Has the original copyright ever been tested in court over the threshold of creativity?
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Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by arcticbull on Monday August 17, 2020 @12:27PM (#24188751)
In fact even the current American Airlines logo was twice denied protection for not meeting the threshold of creativity -- before eventually being approved in 2018. [1] The bar is pretty high.

[1] https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-amer...

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