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50 years of protection after the death of the author.
by mod50ack 4y ago
50 years of protection after the death of the author.
- not2b 4y agoIt's 70 in the US now. From the US Copyright Office: "As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. For works first published prior to 1978, the term will vary depending on several factors."
- mod50ack 4y agoYes, I know. The requirement of the Berne convention is 50 years after death. The US goes twenty years beyond that.
- twiddling 4y agoIf AI is the author then what?
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoNothing AI created can have copyright under current law.
- mod50ack 4y agoIn the US, indeed. But in the UK the runner of AI can hold a copyright. Which I think is stupid but that's hardly the first dumb copyright thing.
- not2b 4y agoFor something like img2img with Stable Diffusion, if the starting image is copyrighted by someone else I'd expect that the output image is a derivative work of the starting image.
- mod50ack 4y agoThe question is about new copyright in both cases, not subsisting copyright. You hold the copyright to the elements originating with you in a derivative work.
- gnopgnip 4y agoThe author is the one that records it, not the tool used to create it.