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Brute force, mass image production copyright trolling?
<p>Let's say I have an &quot;infinite computer&quot; that could iterate through and generate 1000x1000px images iterating through all colour combinations (I understand there would be waaaaaay too much data, but let's suppose). Then I go and claim these images as things I've created, and therefore make copyright claims on any image less than 1000x1000px because it's part of one of my images (ostensibly I could make claims against bigger images too, because they likely resemble some image in my library). I even go as far as to write a program to search my database for the images which I've produced which are being &quot;copied&quot; by the offender.</p>
<p>How might a case be made against me?</p>

<p>This has been asked about music. A large flaw is that <em>independently</em> creating something that has already been copyrighted is not copyright infringement. Copyright infringement requires <em>copying</em>, requires access to the original.</p>
<p>Law suits regarding music copyright infringement involve demonstrating that the accused composer had heard, or must have heard, the original.</p>
<p>Another flaw is the requirement that a copyright work be creative, implying a human creator but this is not 100% settled - from a <a href="https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2017/05/article_0003.html" rel="noreferrer">WIPO paper</a> -</p>
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<p>Creative works qualify for copyright protection if they are original,
with most definitions of originality requiring a human author. Most
jurisdictions, including Spain and Germany, state that only works
created by a human can be protected by copyright.</p>
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