Re:The Getty Makes Nearly 88,000 Art Images Free to Use Howe...
by inglor_cz on Friday March 15, 2024 @04:21AM
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Copyright only protects creative works, where the author's artistic intent can be distinguished.
Faithful reproductions of non-copyrighted two-dimensional work are considered non-copyrightable, because nothing of artistic value is added in the process. (There is a lot of mechanical work around photos, but mechanical work doesn't enjoy copyright.)
Re:The Getty Makes Nearly 88,000 Art Images Free to Use Howe...
by ghaff on Friday March 15, 2024 @07:58AM
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Right. Just because something is a lot of work ("sweat of the brow"), doesn't make it copyrightable in the US. Feist is one of the main cases in thiss area as I understand it.
Faithful reproductions of non-copyrighted two-dimensional work are considered non-copyrightable, because nothing of artistic value is added in the process. (There is a lot of mechanical work around photos, but mechanical work doesn't enjoy copyright.)