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Re:Does Andy Warhol get same copyright treatment as Google c... by infradig on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:39PM (#26919535)
It doesn't? Maybe the API of a photograph or other piece of work is how you perceive or appreciate it... the aesthetic of it. In this sense what Warhol has done is transformative.
Re:Does Andy Warhol get same copyright treatment as Google c... by Croftengea on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:01PM (#26919716)
> In this sense what Warhol has done is transformative.

Where is the line between blatant copying and transformation? If I take some photograph and just change colors can I claim I changed the photo's perception and thus sent a unique message? Maybe, but it's all about ideas in my head, not the changed photo itself. Same goes about many Warhol's works. They are just slightly changed copies of someone else copyrighted works and must be accompanied by art critiques explanations to be appreciated in full.

Re:Does Andy Warhol get same copyright treatment as Google c... by iratewizard on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:46PM (#26919596)
API stands for application programming interface. Or didn't you know?
Re:Does Andy Warhol get same copyright treatment as Google c... by bonzini on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:01PM (#26919707)
And the article says that the decision is not just about "the API" but about "the part of a copyrighted work that is recognizable to a wide public".
Re:Does Andy Warhol get same copyright treatment as Google c... by iratewizard on Sunday April 25, 2021 @04:39PM (#26936461)
My reply was to the banal statement, "Maybe the API of a photograph or other piece of work is how you perceive or appreciate it"