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>And even expression can be copied if it is small enough This is what I would argue if I was Microsoft's lawyer. You can't win a copyright lawsuit over one bar
by elil17 4y ago
>And even expression can be copied if it is small enough
This is what I would argue if I was Microsoft's lawyer. You can't win a copyright lawsuit over one bar of music, one dance move, or a few words. Similarly, copilot can't be considered to be infringing on anyone's copyright because the snippets it might copy verbatim are too short to be copyrightable.
- jcranmer 4y ago> You can't win a copyright lawsuit over one bar of music, one dance move, or a few words. Actually... The smallest successful copyright claim is I believe over 10 words or so.
- elil17 4y agoYes, this case: https://fkks.com/news/can-borrowing-ten-words-be-copyright-infringement https://fkks.com/news/can-borrowing-ten-words-be-copyright-i... However, this definitely pushed the boundaries of copyright law. Audi never appealed the $1m verdict, so it's hardly settled case law.
- pantalaimon 4y ago> You can't win a copyright lawsuit over one bar of music Actually, Kraftwerk did https://www.factmag.com/2019/07/30/kraftwerk-sample-lawsuit-metall-auf-metall-verdict/ https://www.factmag.com/2019/07/30/kraftwerk-sample-lawsuit-...
- elil17 4y agoIn Europe - not where this lawsuit is happening
- pessimizer 4y agoSomebody needs to apologize to Biz Markie and all of hiphop for establishing precedents that say the opposite, and for all the work they have to go through to clear a sampled 50 year old drum fill (usually including credit as coauthors and publishing residuals.) There are bands that are giving all of the profits of entire albums to the people whose sample they failed to clear on a single song.