Skip to content

Comment on All web "content" is freewareparent

Comments

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).

In 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.

UPDATE:

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_disput...

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.