• @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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    430 days ago

    it has to be so newly creative as to be a different work, even though the original may still be recognizable

    Your definition implies Andy Warhol wasn’t creative.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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      030 days ago

      I think they are considered derivative, and are not protected. Not that he wasn’t creative, just that his work wasn’t so creative to be independently copyrightable. I’m a little rusty on my IP law.