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• On the post: Another Dumb Idea Out Of The EU: Giving Robots & Computers Copyright

  

  Nate ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2016 @ 09:04am

  Re: Mike screwed up

  And then he googles "own intellectual creation"
  
  dammit.
  
  Right now I'm really wishing for a delete button.

• On the post: Another Dumb Idea Out Of The EU: Giving Robots & Computers Copyright

  

  Nate ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2016 @ 08:56am

  Mike screwed up

  Okay, I've read the relevant sections of the report, and no where does it suggest that robots should be given copyrights.
  
  Iit just says that the legal issue should be decided by legislation. Considering that the UK has laws which differ from other EU member states, harmonizing the laws on this point makes sense.

• On the post: Another Dumb Idea Out Of The EU: Giving Robots & Computers Copyright

  

  Nate ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2016 @ 05:36am

  It's not such a dumb idea; the UK already has such a copyright. It vests in the creator of the program that generated the content, as you would expect.
  
  The output of Automated Insights' Wordsmith AI would technically not be copyrighted in the US because it wasn't made by a person, but it would be copyrighted in the UK. (Actually, it would be under copyright in the US; the bot doesn't actually write anything.)
  
  Also, if this point isn't addressed then people will just fudge things and claim they are the creators of the content generated by their programs.
  
  So it's a null result at worst, but possibly a positive result if this point is spelled out in law.

• On the post: Appeals Court Gives Big Loss To Record Labels In Their Quixotic Lawsuit Against Vimeo For Lipdubs

  

  Nate ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2016 @ 05:49pm

  Re: Re:

  So he dubbed a song on top of another video?
  
  Yes, that is lipdub, just as I described.

• On the post: Appeals Court Gives Big Loss To Record Labels In Their Quixotic Lawsuit Against Vimeo For Lipdubs

  

  Nate ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2016 @ 12:02pm

  Lipsync is not the same as lipdub. They are almost the inverse in that lipsync has a person moving their lips in sync with a song, while lipdub has a new audio dubbed over the top of an existing video
  
  Here's a lipdub:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjaZNYSt7o0
  
  Here's a lipsync:
  https://www.youtube.com/user/LipSyncBattle

• On the post: The DMCA Should Not Be An All Purpose Tool For Taking Down Content; And It's Espeically Bad For Harassment

  

  Nate ( profile ), 27 May, 2016 @ 12:57pm

  Seven or eight years ago a friend of mine (a British academic) took my advice and used the DMCA to get her spouse's info removed from a neo-nazi website based in the US (the spouse is middle eastern).
  
  The info had been scraped from a personal site, so I thought it was a pretty good idea at the time. I think she even went on to write a paper about it.
  
  I don't think ti would have worked as well now. Clearly the environment has changed.

• On the post: Gene Kelly's Widow Claims Copyright In Interviews Done By Gene Kelly, Sues Over Academic Book

  

  Nate ( profile ), 12 May, 2016 @ 01:58pm

  Re: It's only IP post-mortem

  Also, I want to see Kelly's copyright registration paperwork for the interviews.
  
  ... crickets ...

• On the post: Game Critic Keeps YouTube Vids Ad-Free By Creating ContentID Feeding Frenzy

  

  Nate ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2016 @ 02:56pm

  First to flag? Seriously?
  
  That's gotta be the dumbest idea since ContentID.
  
  No, wait ...

• On the post: Congressman Wants To Make Attacking A Cop A Federal 'Hate' Crime

  

  Nate ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2016 @ 08:07am

  Re: The long history of cop discrimination

  Exactly!
  
  Police do have a long history of being hassled by law enforcement simply because they are police.

• On the post: Congressman Wants To Make Attacking A Cop A Federal 'Hate' Crime

  

  Nate ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2016 @ 04:37am

  dangerous occupation?

  According to the US govt, trucking is a more dangerous occupation:
  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=87825
  
  Being a cop may be a dangerous job, but how much of that is self-inflicted? I mean, it looks like they are in more danger from stressing out over the dangers than from the public.

• On the post: Without Copyright Infringement, Deadpool Doesn't Get Made

  

  Nate ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2016 @ 06:48am

  Re: The licensing was not a "nightmare"

  Yes, Fox owns the movie rights to the X-Men. More X-Men could have been included if not for the budget.

• On the post: Ridiculous Copyright Fight Still Keeping The Only Video Of The First Super Bowl Locked Up

  

  Nate ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2016 @ 12:56pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Go look up MPAA v Sony, the Betamax case. I bet this detail is covered there, and I also bet that it says you can't sell the copy you made.

• On the post: Ridiculous Copyright Fight Still Keeping The Only Video Of The First Super Bowl Locked Up

  

  Nate ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2016 @ 11:26am

  Re:

  That's what I was thinking.

• On the post: Copyright Question: Does David Bowie Get The Copyright On Computer Generated Lyrics?

  

  Nate ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2016 @ 05:06am

  I looked into this in 2013, and the lyrics may or may not be copyrightable in the US. That point has not been settled in US courts, but it has been decided elsewhere. The UK has a copyright law which covers computer-generated content, while Australia has a high court ruling which goes the other way and may cover these lyrics.
  
  A US ruling will likely come down to the degree that a human participated in the creation. And that will turn on nitty gritty technical details, so I would not assume that all the cases will be decided the same way.
  
  Stories written by the Wordsmith bot by Automated Insights, for example, will likely be covered under copyright because of the creation process.
  
  Said process starts with a person handing the bot a MadLibs-style template to fill out with data drawn from a spreadsheet. (I got in on the recent Wordsmith beta.) Since that template was made by a person, any output would arguably also be under copyright.
  
  Or at least that is my take. A judge could rule the other way.

• On the post: ESPN Employees Keep Failing To Disclose Their Advertising Tweets As Advertising

  

  Nate ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2016 @ 01:17pm

  Re: eh?

  Are you talking about product placement in a tv show or in a news article?
  
  If you mean the latter, that lack of a notice is a violation of FTC guidelines.

• On the post: Richard Prince Finally Sued (Again) For Copyright Infringement Over His 'Instagram' Art

  

  Nate ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2016 @ 02:49pm

  Re:

  God help us if he gets his hands on a tattoo needle.

• On the post: Richard Prince Finally Sued (Again) For Copyright Infringement Over His 'Instagram' Art

  

  Nate ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2016 @ 11:16am

  Fixed it for you.

  "He just wants to make his stuff."
  
  He just wants to sell his stuff for a lot of money.
  
  Fixed it for you.

• On the post: CBS Sues Over Star Trek Fan Film Because It Sounds Like It's Going To Be Pretty Good

  

  Nate ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2015 @ 01:32pm

  Could it be that CBS is jealous that this is better than the last three Star Trek movies?
  
  The 20 minute teaser looks awesome:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W1_8IV8uhA
  
  It makes the last three official ST movies look like shit.

• On the post: Dutch eBook Readers Being Reminded They Don't Actually Own Those eBooks They Bought

  

  Nate ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2015 @ 10:58am

  Re: Re:

  let me clarify:
  
  We only have evidence of a single person getting an email, so "many citizens" is inaccurate. One person is not "many".
  
  And no, it is not illegal in the Netherlands to resell your legally purchased ebooks. You just have to comply with certain conditions.

• On the post: Dave Chappelle Thinks A Sock And A Dream Will Keep People From Using Phones At Shows

  

  Nate ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2015 @ 01:19pm

  Or just lie and say you didn't bring your smartphone with you.
  
  I usually leave it behind.

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