I appreciate your informed take. I follow the reasoning but I am amazed it works this way. I found some articles that supported what you said, and also said the

I appreciate your informed take. I follow the reasoning but I am amazed it works this way. I found some articles that supported what you said, and also said there's a follow-on industry that figured out how to alter and edit videos just enough for a revised video to have creative contribution and make it copyrightable. https://www.techdirt.com/2020/02/24/can-you-license-video-you-dont-hold-copyright-over/ https://www.techdirt.com/2020/02/24/can-you-license-video-yo...