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This article makes no sense. Quality non-fiction books have always cited other quality non-fiction books and this is a Very Good Thing.
by fergie 7y ago
This article makes no sense. Quality non-fiction books have always cited other quality non-fiction books and this is a Very Good Thing.
- topspin 7y agoI wish I shared your certainty but ours is the age of the rent seeker. They don't care about 'Good.' They want to get paid and if there is any remotely feasible way to impose themselves they will, tradition be damned.
- michaelt 7y agoMaps are collections of facts about road locations, and if I write directions based on a map, doing so doesn't infringe on the map producer's copyright. But if I'm starting a map company, and I scan in and trace the roads in my competitors' maps? I'd say that's less clear cut - and may well be copyright infringement, even though I'm extracting facts from their publication and creating a new publication containing the same facts. If I use an entire copyrighted book to train an AI, is it more like the first example, or more like the second?
- kragen 7y agoMaps and charts have been statutorily subject to copyright in the US since the Constitution was ratified. Facts, on the contrary, have been protected from copyright.