Copyright

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  “There’s also no general copyright protection for digital photographs found on photo sharing sites; even if the host says so. Copyright protection depends on the individual photograph’s originality. The vast majority of photographs do not meet the required threshold of originality. The photographs I gather and use for my works are uninspiring vernacular photographs; these by definition are the most common and redundant types of photographs and I am interested in them for exactly this reason. In some particular cases their originality may be arguable, but as a general rule the photographs I appropriate do not meet the required threshold of originality that would grant copyright protection. Other than that, the photographs I use in my works as documentary material are merely integrating parts of larger artworks. They do not constitute reprints or duplications in breach of the fee provisions of copyright law.”

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  what a profound cunt......
  

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