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Not in all countries, but they can be in the U.S. UF parameter files look more like algorithms than the sort of вЂњworks of original authorshipвЂќ that are covered by copyright.ДЄlgorithms, even computer algorithms, can be patented. ThatвЂ™s because those sorts of things are covered by patent law and not copyright law. But if theyвЂ™re procedures or processes or methods of operation, then they are clearly excluded from copyright protection. So maybe another category could be added or proposed and it would be suitable for parameter files and other, вЂњoriginal works of authorshipвЂќ? But are UF parameter files вЂњoriginal works of authorshipвЂќ? Would you expect the US Copyright Office to have considered or even known about fractal parameter files? The wording is vague and open-ended because human expression comes in so many forms and formats.

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There could be others, I suppose, that they havenвЂ™t included. They arenвЂ™t limiting the coverage of copyright to just those eight. Now the US Copyright Office says, вЂњWorks of authorship include the following categories:вЂќ.

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I think a parameter file is a вЂњprocedureвЂќ and although it comes in the form of a text file just like a piece of writing would, itвЂ™s still a procedure and not a really far-out, avant-garde poem or other kind of textual work that can be copyrighted. If you look at the last paragraph it says, вЂњ(b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure вЂ¦ method of operation вЂ¦ or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is describedвЂ¦вЂќ ItвЂ™s not a piece of literature or a poem or even a news story, itвЂ™s just a set of written instructions or what would be better described as a procedure or algorithm. Of course it will create an image once itвЂ™s opened up in UF and that image would qualify as something that can be copyrighted, but the parameter file itself is really just a set of instructions or method of operation to make the program draw the image. The reason itвЂ™s not a graphic work is because itвЂ™s not a picture of anything, itвЂ™s a text file. It doesnвЂ™t fall under any of the categories, although вЂњ(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works вЂќ is probably where most Ultrafractalists would say it fits.Д«ut I donвЂ™t think thatвЂ™s right. Now ask yourself: In which of the eight categories listed by the US Copyright Office would you put the above UF parameter file? HereвЂ™s an example of what a UF parameter file looks like:ДЄn example of what a UF parameter file looks like (b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work. (6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works (5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works (3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music (2) musical works, including any accompanying words Works of authorship include the following categories: (a) Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Subject matter of copyright: In general 28 The US Copyright Office says this about what kinds of things can be copyrighted: В§ 102. Why weird? Because indecipherable text is not the type of thing that most people would think of as even qualifying for copyright protection. Up until recently I never thought anything of those copyright notices but after giving myself an award winning internet education on copyright, IвЂ™ve begun to feel that those copyright notices on UF parameter files are вЂ¦ a little weird.

ULTRA FRACTAL PARAMETER FILES CODE

The actual parameter code contained in the emails mean nothing to me and probably canвЂ™t be deciphered even by an expert, but there is one little bit that I often see in them that I understand quite well and is intended to be read by everyone who looks at it вЂ“a copyright notice. I just skip over them since, like I said, IвЂ™m not actually a UF user, just a curious bystander. They call those pieces of text, parameter files. When opened up in Ultra Fractal the scrambled text produces an image. Most of the time itвЂ™s just users sharing what looks like big long paragraphs of jumbled letters and numbers. IвЂ™m not an Ultra Fractal user but I do follow the daily exchange of information on the Ultra Fractal mailing list, an email group anyone can join.

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