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Is there any precedent where copyright was focused on the input rather than the final published work?

• jj999 3y ago
  Compilers
  • lstodd 3y ago
    Object code is a derivative work I think. So no. Compilers do not count.
    • kevinmchugh 3y ago
      The US had to update copyright law to explicitly protect binaries
      • freejazz 3y ago
        That just means some judges got it wrong and congress really wanted to make sure others didn't. I'm not sure what proposition that stands for here, except that sometimes new things are hard to get right at first.
• kevinmchugh 3y ago
  Remixes, generally?