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If a photo is public domain, why do you believe Getty can sue someone for copyright infringement for using that one photo? It is not like they are suing people

If a photo is public domain, why do you believe Getty can sue someone for copyright infringement for using that one photo? It is not like they are suing people for republishing a collection or something that could Getty could have created and have copyright in.

LoSboccacc 10y ago
many works are distributed under dual licensing and how you obtained the files define it's license. now what I don't know is the legality of attaching a license to a redistribution of a public domain work - technically one can claim recompression is transformative and that you hold a license to the altered work, in which case the origin of the file matters in defining if third parties are infringing (and this is why gpl works better in these cases, you don't get to change the license downstream) IAMNYL edit: messed up
- cookiecaper 10y ago
  IAMYL? You can resell public domain works as much as you want, but you can't go around claiming an exclusive right to the image and trying to force other people to pay you to license a right that you don't possess.
- icebraining 10y ago
  technically one can claim recompression is transformative One can claim whatever one wants, but I doubt the courts would fall for that.
- Spare_account 10y ago
  What does IAMNYL mean? I googled it but I didn't come up with anything
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - tzs 10y ago
    Others have already answered the question, but let me add to their answers that "I Am Not Your Lawyer" is usually rendered as IANYL, not IAMNYL, which is why you could not find it. More common is IANAL, which means "I Am Not A Lawyer".
    - fencepost 10y ago
      Don't forget IAALBIANYL "I am a lawyer but I am not your lawyer."
  - krisroadruck 10y ago
    I Am Not Your Lawyer. Probably in this case the person is saying while I am a lawyer... I'm not YOUR lawyer. :P
  - dublinben 10y ago
    I Am Not Your Lawyer, I assume. Thank goodness, since they're providing terrible legal advice.
- jahewson 10y ago
  > technically one can claim recompression is transformative No, because transformative applies to uses of the work, not the work itself. A recompressed image has the same uses as the original image so there's absolutely no scope for considering it to be transformative. As far as attaching licenses to public domain works goes, you can do what you like. There are no restrictions. However, you can't claim to have an exclusive license, and you certainly can't claim to own any copyright in the work, because none exists.

LoSboccacc 10y ago

many works are distributed under dual licensing and how you obtained the files define it's license. now what I don't know is the legality of attaching a license to a redistribution of a public domain work - technically one can claim recompression is transformative and that you hold a license to the altered work, in which case the origin of the file matters in defining if third parties are infringing (and this is why gpl works better in these cases, you don't get to change the license downstream) IAMNYL edit: messed up

cookiecaper 10y ago
IAMYL? You can resell public domain works as much as you want, but you can't go around claiming an exclusive right to the image and trying to force other people to pay you to license a right that you don't possess.
icebraining 10y ago
technically one can claim recompression is transformative One can claim whatever one wants, but I doubt the courts would fall for that.
Spare_account 10y ago
What does IAMNYL mean? I googled it but I didn't come up with anything
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- tzs 10y ago
  Others have already answered the question, but let me add to their answers that "I Am Not Your Lawyer" is usually rendered as IANYL, not IAMNYL, which is why you could not find it. More common is IANAL, which means "I Am Not A Lawyer".
  - fencepost 10y ago
    Don't forget IAALBIANYL "I am a lawyer but I am not your lawyer."
- krisroadruck 10y ago
  I Am Not Your Lawyer. Probably in this case the person is saying while I am a lawyer... I'm not YOUR lawyer. :P
- dublinben 10y ago
  I Am Not Your Lawyer, I assume. Thank goodness, since they're providing terrible legal advice.
jahewson 10y ago
> technically one can claim recompression is transformative No, because transformative applies to uses of the work, not the work itself. A recompressed image has the same uses as the original image so there's absolutely no scope for considering it to be transformative. As far as attaching licenses to public domain works goes, you can do what you like. There are no restrictions. However, you can't claim to have an exclusive license, and you certainly can't claim to own any copyright in the work, because none exists.