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> Copyright usually comes into action when the subject matter is fixed into a tangible medium. So merely someone using a pickup line at a bar may not grant copy
by spywaregorilla 5y ago
> Copyright usually comes into action when the subject matter is fixed into a tangible medium. So merely someone using a pickup line at a bar may not grant copyrights or prevent someone else from using it.
No I mean you can't prevent someone from using a pickup line you write, publish, and copyright. Let's ignore the length requirement here as I feel that's tangential to my point. My point is that you cannot stop the usage of language as a function with copyright. Performances aside.
- alok-g 5y agoI see the point (though it is not answering my original questions or at least I have not yet understood it to that level yet). Just to make your point complete, how do you separate out performances? Is that just the presence of a large number of people? Amount of financial gain involved attributed to the said performance? I'm asking as that may be the differentiation in practice even as applied to code.
- spywaregorilla 5y agoNot sure what I'm missing. > Just to make your point complete, how do you separate out performances? I feel like intent is a strong start towards classifying something as a performance.