Photos of chickens, taken by chickens

[calibas]

Some interesting legality here, if these photos are really "taken by chickens" then they can't be copyrighted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput...

However, if this counts as being "taken by chickens" then it also implies that when a burglar triggers a motion-activated camera, the burglar owns the rights to the image.

[WaitWaitWha]

>The chickens are using an input device (the motion sensor) to invoke a computer function [...]

No, per the description and your legal context, the chickens are not taking the pictures.

[SV_BubbleTime]

When I’ve rented cameras for photo shoots, I’m pretty sure I own the photos and not the rental company, so this checks out.

Maybe the BUY NFT link on every photo goes to accounts the chickens own. Nothing about NFTs makes any less sense than this, so why not?

[marcosdumay]

If one sets-up the devices to that chickens or a burglar activate them, that one still owns the pictures, even though the chickens technically took them.

But yeah, the the chickens or a burglar steals the cameras and activate them by their own programing, overriding whatever setting they had before, the camera owner won't own the copyright on the photos anymore.

In other words, it's not that easy to lose the copyrights. The burglar just activating the motion-trigger isn't enough.

[0daystock]

Chickens are beautiful creatures worthy of at the least the respect we give to household pets. The unimaginable horror we put billions of them through on an ongoing basis, while dissonantly admiring their charm and brilliance, is a sobering realization.

[Perenti]

I grew up on an organic, free-range poultry farm in the 70s. The current definition of "free range" supports up to 100 full grown birds per m^2. The treatment of battery hens and factory farmed poultry is an obscenity, in my opinion.

[LesZedCB]

indeed, the line between "pet" and "food" is disturbing in both where it's drawn, and it's fundamental relativism.

[tomcam]

Chickens are indeed charming and beautiful. I own chickens and love them beyond comprehension. They are pretty dumb, and they will attack and abuse weaker chickens mercilessly.

[karaterobot]

I think when you say the photos are taken by chickens, I was imagining a chicken wearing a GoPro or something. These are motion-activated pictures from a stationary camera. They're still very cool though.

[technothrasher]

My thought too. When I saw it was just a home made camera trap I was a little deflated. Their claim that it is the same as human selfie because the chicken is "using" the motion sensor as an input device is a bit of a stretch. The pictures are fun though.

[tppiotrowski]

A good reminder that one of the basic tenets of good wildlife photography is to photograph at eye level. So if you want to take a picture of your cat or dog, squat down to their level instead of pointing the camera downwards.

[kerblang]

Not a chicken, but this was my favorite

https://chicken.photos/20220605091358

[jahlove]

> Are these chicken selfies?

> Yes. The chickens are using an input device (the motion sensor) to invoke a computer function (the capture method on the Pi), which invokes a series of events that results in the photo being taken, uploaded, and shared.

> This is identical to a human using an input device (tapping a button) to invoke a computer function (the post method on Instagram), which invokes a series of events that results in the photo being taken, uploaded, and shared.

Is it really "identical" though? A human knows they're taking the selfie and sees the result. The chickens do not.

[braingenious]

This was cool until I read about NFTs in the about section. What a bummer of a way to take a cool project and make it shitty.

[c23gooey]

Don't let your distaste of crypto ruin a cool project otherwise

[dylkil]

who cares, just enjoy it

[markozivanovic]

>Do the chickens lay eggs? >>Yes. They are the best fresh eggs you’ve ever tasted. They are available for $20 each. Pick up only.

Wow, some expensive eggs! Is it because these chickens are now celebrities? :)

Kidding aside, I just bought a box of 10 eggs today for 4 euros (~4,15USD) and thought that was a bit expensive. Also from free-range chicken.

I can find "egg prices around the world", but I can't find a single site where I can filter results by the size of eggs and type of chickens. Here's an idea for a really unneeded SaaS!

[alx__]

I'd guess they're purposely inflated to cut down on people asking to buy them

[colechristensen]

The people I've known who raise chickens quickly reach the level of "please take these eggs, please!"

[euroderf]

Fresh chicken eggs are da bomb. The egg whites cohere and do not spread out in a puddle. You might be buying organic eggs (or free range, or wot-evs) but if the whites are runny and spread out in the pan, the eggs are NOT fresh.

[iamtheworstdev]

i suspect it's sarcasm. that's not the price of eggs anywhere in the USA.

[xsmasher]

Fans of J.S.G. Boggs used to try to collect both hand-drawn bills he made AND the item he bought with the bill. I see an opportunity here to collect both the NFT and the egg of the chicken in the picture.

[reaperducer]

Wow, some expensive eggs!

Maybe it's a typo. Perhaps he meant $20/dozen.

Which is still expensive. I get my eggs from a farmer 30 miles out of town, and she only charges $8/dozen, and that includes delivering it to my doorman. But I only order when she's recently slaughtered another farm animal, to make it worth the trip for her.

[sethbannon]

This somehow makes me feel nostalgic for when the internet was more irreverent.

[fab1an]

There is a realization in your future that all the amazing internet things you've been yearning for are actually in a specific corner of crypto - the people, the projects, the culture, it's all there. It's alas sometimes hard to see from the outside, where one can easily be fooled into thinking that crypto is just the ape pictures and scams.

[TamDenholm]

"The purpose of a rooster is to yell at the top of its lungs all day and prevent the humans from sleeping past sunrise."

Excellent about page.

[switchstance]

Did the chickens sign releases authorizing the use of their photos?

[dylan604]

If the chickens are going to be in public, there is no expectation of privacy. I'd agree if the chickens were in their coop, and they were shooting a long lens through the windows we might be violating some privacy. However, running about in public like this is totally fine without releases

[oneeyedpigeon]

You're thinking about this [1], aren't you?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput...

[Lio]

Dear, oh dear. Some of these chickens look like, er, deer.

Nice work.

[micromacrofoot]

Great use of an old DSLR camera, the quality elevates this to wonderful.

[Kudos]

When my postman activates my doorbell camera by approaching the door, is he taking a selfie?

This is somewhat charming surveillance footage at best.

[dylan604]

Did the imaging start when the mailman pushed the button?

[bryanrasmussen]

It's nice to see that Gary Larson is still going strong, I think should make a cow tools site next https://twitter.com/Bondcliff2008/status/1530207754358431744

[Markoff]

These photos are not taken by chicken, they are taken by camera with motion sensor, camera will take photo of anything, no matter whether chicken, thief, deer or squirell. Misleading title.

I was expecting I will see photos of chicken taken by chicken wearing GoPro, though dunno what would be trigger.

[pavel_lishin]

Another fun piece of chicken-centric art is Igorrr's Chicken Sonata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFxDOV6IwHk

[mdturnerphys]

There was a talk on this back in 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk

[zwieback]

I had chickens and also had deer constantly destroying anything I was trying to grow, I hate those bastards with a passion.

I was always hoping the chickens would chase the deer but they just ignored them.