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You can't copyright art style (2016) (thelegalartist.com)
3 points by lowbloodsugar on Nov 1, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



> ... done in Bill Watterson’s inimitable style. Kesinger not only nailed the famed Calvin and Hobbes look, he also nailed Watterson’s voice.

This category of using a trite expression ("inimitable style") and then instantly revealing ignorance of the expression's meaning is really jarring.

The article as a whole is good, even going so far as to note that you really can't say that a specific work does not infringe unless you've had a trial over it. But that weird sentence really bothers me.


An illustrator draws Star Wars in the style of Bill Waterson's Calvin and Hobbes. If a human can distill another artist's style and reproduce it, can an AI?




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