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I'm guessing that Brock Baker didn't digitise a 1928 reel of film himself. If the digitisation was done recently and a lot of work went into cleaning up the im

I'm guessing that Brock Baker didn't digitise a 1928 reel of film himself. If the digitisation was done recently and a lot of work went into cleaning up the images (restoring old movies is time consuming and costly - including artists touching up/recreating/fixing frames) couldn't Disney (or who ever has done it) claim that the new restored digitised version is now copyright?

tsimionescu 3y ago
It seems to depend on the exact jurisdiction, but in the US and UK, it seems that this type of work is not protected, as it doesn't constitute human expression, it is only a matter of skill and technique. Now of course anyone can claim anything in court, and you have to decide whether you think you can beat Disney's lawyers if you decide to do so...