Yeah, I mean "taking a photograph" is literally something a macaque can do (and claim copyright for), so on that basis it would probably not be worth establishi

Yeah, I mean "taking a photograph" is literally something a macaque can do (and claim copyright for), so on that basis it would probably not be worth establishing a complicated rights infrastructure for photography alone. Photos are going to get taken, including great ones, without the state creating artificial incentives / punishments. At the other end of the spectrum, look at films. A tentpole superhero film costs maybe $200m or so, but maybe those would be no great loss. The sensible minimum for a low budget indie film is maybe $1m, and there's the occasional outlier like Tangerine that's made on a shoestring budget of $100k. Pretty much nobody is going to invest those amounts unless there's a possibility of getting paid. The only possible exceptions being advertisers, state propagandists and maybe the odd eccentric that might sell their house to make a terrible indie film. Maybe that would be OK (it might at least help with the Harvey Weinstein problem) but I quite like films, and most of the ones I like cost like $10m+.