Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin...
by dragonwriter on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:22AM
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> Compilers don’t create a new copyright the output is covered as a derivative work.
A derivative work is a separate work that, considered apart from the one it is derived from, separately has the required creative input to be a copyrightable work, and it does, in fact, have a separate copyright from the original (creating derivative works is an exclusive, but licensable, right of the copyright holder of the original, but the copyright of a derivative is separate.)
Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin...
by Retric on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:17PM
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I don’t know if that distinction was intended as a limitation, “sound recording” is listed as a derivative work in the statute. It also clarifies that “Copies” are material objects, other than phonorecords
So, mechanical transformation such as rendering a webpage at 150% scale is seemingly a derivative work even if there isn’t any creativity in the process.
However, derivative works have clear limitations and the output of a chat program doesn’t qualify any more than you own the copyright of what someone says when you interview them.