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So if I compress a BMP by 100:1 using "lossy" techniques then it's not equivalent to the original? I'd say that depends on how recognizable the result of recons
by kurthr 9y ago
So if I compress a BMP by 100:1 using "lossy" techniques then it's not equivalent to the original? I'd say that depends on how recognizable the result of reconstruction is, and not on the amount of reduction. MPAA would be very unhappy with your argument.
To be more extreme there are many compression/extraction methods that can perfectly reconstruct the original data with very high compression ratios. GIF/PNG can reproduce many images exactly. Certainly, they are derivative works?
- darawk 9y agoThis compression analogy is really a bad one. A much better analogy would be: If you read 10 novels by a particular author, and are now able to recognize his/her style, because you have a compressed representation in your mind of the way they write.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoPNG isn't a derivate work. It's an alternate encoding of the same work.