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I doubt audio is transcribed on each device rather than once in the cloud, but imagine for a moment... what if it was? Or if Amazon gave you access to a server

by btown 7y ago

I doubt audio is transcribed on each device rather than once in the cloud, but imagine for a moment... what if it was? Or if Amazon gave you access to a server to redo the transcription work in real time for each user? Would Amazon would be distributing the capability to create a derivative work rather than (what is arguably) a derivative work? Should Apple be prevented from distributing Logic Pro audio software because it could be theoretically used to create unauthorized derivative works from music downloaded from iTunes? Should Google/Alphabet be prevented from serving search results for "youtube-dl" because it is the distributor of copyrighted music videos? Should MEGA.nz be prevented from sending data whose copyright status it has no ability to determine by design? At what point does responsibility pass to the person clicking the "transcribe" or "remix" button? (IANAL)

w1ntermute 7y ago
That approach (circumventing the specifics of the law through technical workarounds while still violating it in spirit) seems unlikely to succeed for the same reasons as Aereo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_Inc._v._Aereo,_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_In....
- NohatCoder 7y ago
  It is not law, it is license terms, and while license terms between companies can be ridiculously complicated, license terms for consumers in most jurisdictions generally can't be enforced beyond the very basics. That is why the consumer technically doing the translation matters, they can't be bound by the inter-company license terms.
  - btown 7y ago
    Unless, of course, the technology is painted as circumvention measures under DMCA, and all AI research into speech-to-text becomes illegal overnight. *cries self to sleep that this is actually a possibility

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I doubt audio is transcribed on each device rather than once in the cloud, but imagine for a moment... what if it was? Or if Amazon gave you access to a server

by btown 7y ago

w1ntermute 7y ago
That approach (circumventing the specifics of the law through technical workarounds while still violating it in spirit) seems unlikely to succeed for the same reasons as Aereo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_Inc._v._Aereo,_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_In....
- NohatCoder 7y ago
  It is not law, it is license terms, and while license terms between companies can be ridiculously complicated, license terms for consumers in most jurisdictions generally can't be enforced beyond the very basics. That is why the consumer technically doing the translation matters, they can't be bound by the inter-company license terms.
  - btown 7y ago
    Unless, of course, the technology is painted as circumvention measures under DMCA, and all AI research into speech-to-text becomes illegal overnight. *cries self to sleep that this is actually a possibility