New algorithm could transfer acclaimed photographers’ styles to cellphone photos

Re:New algorithm could transfer acclaimed photographers’ sty... by sxp on Friday May 30, 2014 @02:22PM (#7823232)

The lawsuits that will happen when someone implements this are going to be interesting. Artists tend to be very protective over their styles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibovitz_v._Paramount_Pictures....

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Re:New algorithm could transfer acclaimed photographers’ sty... by mc32 on Saturday May 31, 2014 @12:16AM (#7825244)

I don't think they can successfully copyright their style. Art is all about using and recycling other people's works. The art would not progress if there wasn't derivation. Wan't it Picasso who said "Good artists copy, great artists steal (ideas)"?

Also, artists tend to evolve over time. Few artists like to remain stuck in one style for fear of being thought as unimaginative or lazy (you could look into all the flak Ansel Adams gets). Also some like Kinkade made their style into a business and people expected a certain style so he could not get away from that.

Most successful photographers evolve their style over time --Winogrand, Friedlander, Eggleston, Atget, Frank, Moriyama, etc.

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Re:New algorithm could transfer acclaimed photographers’ sty... by sp332 on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:31PM (#7823531)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibovitz_v._Paramount_Pictures... <- I had to put a %2E instead of a period so HN wouldn't eat it.

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Re:New algorithm could transfer acclaimed photographers’ sty... by ryanburk on Friday May 30, 2014 @03:15PM (#7823454)

the wikipedia url needs a trailing period:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibovitz_v._Paramount_Pictures....

[edit] that apparently HN lops off. I haven't found a way around it.

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