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I hope everyone on all sides can recognise how absurd the "it's theft if you can recognise the original" argument is. For starters, photographers have a long tr
by regularfry 15y ago
I hope everyone on all sides can recognise how absurd the "it's theft if you can recognise the original" argument is. For starters, photographers have a long tradition of claiming copyright in reference photos of fine art, where the whole point is to create an image which is as alike the original as possible.
- regularfry 15y agoJust replying to myself to clarify, here: the situation seems to be different in the US and in the UK. In the US, there is explicitly no copyright in a mechanical reproduction of an original artwork. It would appear that there is in the UK.