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> For a while now, you haven’t been the one taking your photos. That’s not a slight at you, dear reader: When your finger touches the shutter button, to reduce
by ballenf 7y ago
> For a while now, you haven’t been the one taking your photos. That’s not a slight at you, dear reader: When your finger touches the shutter button, to reduce perceived latency, the iPhone grabs a photo it has already taken before you even touched the screen.
I wonder if there’s a line where copyright could attach to the developer who wrote the code instead of the thumb owner.
- mc32 7y agoNah, there was a guy (a photographer) who set up a camera system that was triggered by passers by. There was a lawsuit[1] as to whether it was legal and who owned the photo (one of the subjects happened to be very orthodox, and I guess photos are forbidden), anyhow New York decided the work belonged to the photographer who set up the auto trigger system. It was dismissed as being an artistic expression by the photographer. There was also a photographer who was in Britain for some show. He wanted to do some photography but wasn’t allowed as he was only there as a tourist and didn’t have a work permit, so he handed his camera to his daughter. He then set up an exhibit with her work. I’m not sure who “owns the rights” but he assigned them to her so as not run afoul of his visa. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nussenzweig_v._DiCorcia#Lawsuit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nussenzweig_v._DiCorcia#Laws...
- lotsofpulp 7y agoAnd there’s this case about a nature photographer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput...