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For video and photography, there has to be a human element involved. A fixed, CCTV feed of a beach with a daily sunset is not copyrightable, nor is a non-human
by daniellarusso 6y ago
For video and photography, there has to be a human element involved.
A fixed, CCTV feed of a beach with a daily sunset is not copyrightable, nor is a non-human using a photo camera.
- salawat 6y agoThe human still made the decision to place the camera just so. You're not travelling through enough layers of intentionality.
- daniellarusso 6y agoWhich human? The installer or the owner of the equipment?
- salawat 6y agoLook through the contract. Guarantee the installer assigns all IP rights to the client if theres anything else softwarewise going on with the feed, and if not, litigation would probably clear it up.
- myself248 6y agoBut a photographer who travels to the beach and sets out a camera on a tripod to capture a timelapse of the sunset DOES have copyright over those photos. What's the difference if they leave the camera there for longer? They still chose the placement and the angle and the lens. In either case, the camera's electronics are deciding the minutiae of the image acquisition.
- daniellarusso 6y agoIntent. It is non-permanent and done by the photographer, not a third party.