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> It's simply an illegal good. It doesn't have to serve any purpose. It cannot be bound by copyright, due to the illegal nature. The Morris Worm wasn't copyrigh
by echoangle 2y ago
> It's simply an illegal good. It doesn't have to serve any purpose. It cannot be bound by copyright, due to the illegal nature. The Morris Worm wasn't copyrightable content.
Do you have a source that illegal works can’t be / aren’t copyrighted?
https://yjolt.org/copyrighted-crimes-copyrightability-illegal-works https://yjolt.org/copyrighted-crimes-copyrightability-illega...
Says for example:
> As long as a work is original and fixed in a tangible medium of expression, it is entitled to copyright protection and eligible for registration, regardless of its content. Thus, child pornography, snuff films or any other original works of authorship that involve criminal activities are copyrightable.
- shakna 2y agoIt isn't that an illegal good can't be copyrighted, exactly. It's that if it is illegal, to own the copyright, you have to assert your ownership. In most cases, the consequences of which may involve the state seizing said property from you - to prevent you profiting from the crimes involved.
- fenomas 2y agoNothing about this is correct, at least in the US. Copyright infringement is a civil matter - the IP owner can sue over it, but it's not a crime and the state doesn't get involved (unless something else is going on beyond just infringement).
- shakna 2y agoPiracy is not a civil matter in the US, following the thread of this particular conversation. Asserting ownership will find you liable.