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I do not trust a court to weigh in properly on the deep technical nuances involved.
by fortyseven 3y ago
I do not trust a court to weigh in properly on the deep technical nuances involved.
- Guvante 3y agoThese kinds of things are not settled by arbitrary judges making off the cuff decisions. They are settled by specialist technical judges with advice of dozens of specialists explaining the tech in detail. Check out Google vs Oracle the lawsuit about whether an API is copyrightable for some examples of how the rulings are very much based on deep understanding. The only downside is the process is slow and needs both a plaintiff and defendant willing to spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to settle the case in court. It also takes many months of time.
- nextaccountic 3y agolast I heard about this ruling was that APIs are copyrightable, which is terrible for open source reimplementations of all stuff
- Guvante 3y agoMore trying to focus on how the ruling wasn't naive as OP implies all rulings are by saying "I wouldn't trust a judge". Alternatively they could mean "judges should stay away from X" but that is nonsensical given the courts being arbitrage...
- nextaccountic 3y agowe're talking about a law (copyright), who else can weight in besides the courts? or are you suggesting abolishing copyright? because I'm all for it
- janosdebugs 3y agoThis is an interesting topic that comes up time and time again. I'd like to understand, if we abolish copyright and I make a computer game, pour all my money and time in it, what's to stop EvilBigPublisher Co from simply taking it, rebranding it and killing my company with their might? Or, if I came across a copy of Unreal Engine, what would stop me from using it and not paying Epic a dime?
- ipaddr 3y ago1. Nothing stops them from doing the above now. 2. Unreal lawyers costing you more in legal fees than you can afford