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by World177 1193 days ago
There was a case last year where a person sued a content creator on YouTube for distributing parts of their accidental livestream. [1] The argument for fair use was that there was no creative input, so fair use. Though, I really do not know, as I think images and videos can be copyrighted exactly for the reason in your comment.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1Tzqc5vk4