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I don't think this is really a legal interpretation. If someone was distributing a password protected zip-file where if I type in "Mickey Mouse", I get a photo
by karpierz 4y ago
I don't think this is really a legal interpretation.
If someone was distributing a password protected zip-file where if I type in "Mickey Mouse", I get a photo of Mickey Mouse, the zip file violates copyright. It doesn't matter that the underlying representation of Mickey Mouse is distorted in storage and recovered later. It doesn't matter that in order to retrieve the image, I have to go through a series of operations.
Of course, if I opened the zip file and put the image on a t-shirt, I would also be violating copyright. But the zip file itself is copyright infringing.
- williamcotton 4y agoIf you print out the 1s and 0s that make up the zip file and sell that on a t-shirt then you are not infringing on a copyright. If you buy that shirt, scan the 1s and 0s, unzip, print and sell the resulting image on a t-shirt, the you are infringing. At this point we can just wait until the courts clarify this for you because you seem to be missing a fundamental aspect of how our legal system operates. I’d much rather go and watch football.