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There is such thing. There are three main ways for work to be public domain. - Expiry of copyright. - Explicit dedicated to the public domain by the copyright
by kevincox 2y ago
There is such thing. There are three main ways for work to be public domain.
- Expiry of copyright.
- Explicit dedicated to the public domain by the copyright holder.
- Non-copyrightable work (such as computer or animal generated work).
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoIn the case of the first two, the copyright actually exists, but is unenforceable. In the last one, copyright doesn’t exist, because it can’t, so the point is moot. > animal generated work Actually, didn’t that monkey get copyright of the image? I can’t remember, for sure. We can’t actually transfer the copyright, itself; only the rights to adapt and/or reproduce.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoUPDATE: In the "monkey selfie" case, the monkey lost, and lost hard. Probably because PETA behaved like ... PETA ... They footgun themselves constantly, by acting way too extreme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput...