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A comment on U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containing AI-generated material. Parent comment

Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by adgjlsfhk1 on Friday March 17, 2023 @01:21AM (#35193462)
point and shoot is almost certainly copyrighted. eyes closed might not be, (I kind of doubt there's case law here). the bar for originally is pretty low for copyright but it's not zero.
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Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by gwd on Friday March 17, 2023 @06:30AM (#35195248)
What if someone who's blind just randomly pulls out a camera and takes some snaps (without knowing anything about what might be going on). Do they get a copyright on their photos?
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Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by adgjlsfhk1 on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:36AM (#35196276)
probably not
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Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by NexRebular on Saturday March 25, 2023 @12:16PM (#35304114)
Then Lomography can't be copyrightable, especially if "shooting from the hip" (rule #4)? [1]

[1] https://www.lomography.com/about/the-ten-golden-rules

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