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The Person Inside the Asset

The I/1 Edit

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The articleEdition 006: The Person Inside the Asset, in The I/1 Edit ownership-platform.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 and 106: definitions and exclusive rights copyright.gov
  2. 17 U.S.C. §§ 201 and 203: ownership and termination copyright.gov
  3. 17 U.S.C. § 302: duration copyright.gov
  4. U.S. Copyright Office, Works Made for Hire (Circular 30) copyright.gov
  5. U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 1: Digital Replicas copyright.gov
  6. Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 490 U.S. 730 (1989), official U.S. Reports record govinfo.gov
  7. Federal Trade Commission, Endorsements, Influencers, and Reviews ftc.gov
  8. YouTube Help, “What is a copyright claim?”: automated Content ID claims and their effects support.google.com
  9. Associated Press, official account of the Fairey proceedings ap.org
  10. OpenAI, “How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen” openai.com
  11. Associated Press, Johansson statement and OpenAI response apnews.com
  12. Dove, Evolution campaign archive dove.com

Images, slide by slide

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The editing apparatus makes alteration a separate production act, not an invisible extension of permission to post.HaeB / Museum of the Moving Image, CC BY-SA 4.0Photo record
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A label identifies and credits an object; by itself, it is not a permission record.Allison Agsten / LACMA, Public domainPhoto record
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A voice recording setup separates the performer, recording, equipment, and later uses carried inside one asset.Will Fisher, CC BY-SA 2.0Photo record
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The crew and equipment make the chain of contribution visible before publication.Nirvana Studios - Custom Circus, February 19, 2026, CC BY 4.0Photo record
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A model release is a distinct record of likeness consent, not a substitute for copyright ownership.RalfHuels, based on a template by Joi Ito, April 19, 2014, CC BY 3.0Photo record
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The crew makes the people, equipment and production roles inside one finished asset visible.Peter van der Sluijs via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Photo record

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