A majority in parliament wants the government to do more to combat the online misuse of people’s images. Parliamentarians Hanneke van der Werf (D66), Jesse Six Dijkstra (NSC), Barbara Kathmann (GroenLinks-PvdA), and Ingrid Michon-Derkzen (VVD) propose following the Danish example and granting people copyrights on their appearance and voice.
Oh no, twas a joke.
Although I didn’t know that copyright and patent were not the same.
I know it was meant as a joke, but unfortunately, yes, its kind of based on false premises.
Very, very broadly speaking:
A patent typically pertains to some kind of invention, some kind of unique and novel design of a machine or process.
A copyright typically pertains to some kind of created work, like a song, book, visual artwork.
A trademark typically pertains to a brand name, marketing slogan.
All 3 of these together comprise the category of Intellectual Property, IP Law.
https://copyrightalliance.org/faqs/difference-copyright-patent-trademark/
The actual law on all this stuff is actually extremely esoteric and complicated… and it is probably also worth noting that I am describing and more well versed in US IP law, not that of the Netherlands, which may be substantially different … I am not Dutch, I don’t know much specifically on that, but I did study US IP law back during getting my Poli Sci and Econ degrees.
Again, the entire subject is… exceptionally tedious and complicated lol, I totally do not blame you for not knowing the details, the vast majority of people don’t, lol.
Hmm, interesting.