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I'm real curious how he got the rights to the image on the cover.

• Gys 8y ago
  Its also the cover of a Joy Division lp. There might not have been a copyright. See: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/pop-culture-pulsar-origin-story-of-joy-division-s-unknown-pleasures-album-cover-video/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/pop-culture-p...
  • ox_n 8y ago
    I saw a copyright on every version of that image I could find.
    • kgwgk 8y ago
      See also: https://adamcap.com/2011/05/19/the-history-of/ https://adamcap.com/2011/05/19/the-history-of/ (mentioned in the Scientific American piece).
• iso-8859-1 8y ago
  Does it cross the threshold of originality? It is just 3d line chart. Any it hardly matters what data is actually plotted, so I assume they used something random.
• vortico 8y ago
  Pulsar data itself is likely not under copyright, but a graph of it can be under copyright protection if enough creative effort is involved. However that graph contains very little creative decision, so it would be a hard case to win if the publisher claimed ownership.