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So, if you have a DSLR camera on a tripod set to a timer, and you do not actually take the picture, you have no claim to copyright of that image, even though th

So, if you have a DSLR camera on a tripod set to a timer, and you do not actually take the picture, you have no claim to copyright of that image, even though the device you owned created it?

Analemma_ 8y ago
The court system is not, in fact, a dumb automaton that is bamboozled by questions like this.
- delbel 8y ago
  ... Yet. I read this in a cynical 90's AT&T commercial "You Will..."
FireBeyond 8y ago
Wasn't this a copyright claim against Wikipedia, where an ape picked up a camera and took a selfie, and Wikipedia et al decided that meant the camera owner had no copyright claim over the image?
- gm-conspiracy 8y ago
  yes.
Dylan16807 8y ago
Timed photo definitely has copyright. Continuous surveillance footage is an open question. But the post you're replying to wasn't about copyright at all.