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1. Music, etc (anything that can be formally described by a markup language) 2. DNA sequences 3. Anything subject to algebraic expression 4. Proofs and Argum

1. Music, etc (anything that can be formally described by a markup language) 2. DNA sequences 3. Anything subject to algebraic expression 4. Proofs and Arguments (_Paley's_ Divinewatcher, _Descarte's_ Mind-Body Problem, _Nozick's_ Experience Machine, _Gödel's_ Incompleteness Proof) 5. Programmatic Techniques for manipulating one's own brain 6. Expression of physical laws 7. E=MC^2, Gravity, etc. (assuming God is a "Programmer of Nature") 8. Personality types (fitting analytic descriptions; Analytic/Description Psychology, Jungian psychology, "narrative psychology"), because eventually: 9. Neural Networks, and the like 10. The Universe itself (11. Historically rooted chess strategies (the notation as a historical marker of creativity in time)) (12. Just about anything that might exist within the domain of W3C Provenance) ((13. Anything conceptually dependent on _techne_))

nerdfiles 14y ago
It's not clear to me why you're downvoting, each of these components bypasses the "do not contain innovative technology that should be protected from competitors" feature. You're being unfair with these downvotes, and perhaps a bit uncouth since no general idea, or specific idea, as to why it's being downvoted is presented. Each of these is innovative in some way, and we can see a predictable trend where we will first assume that the problem is unique (whatever the API, etc tries to solve) and then "give due diligence" to creativity/labor where necessary. If you're taking this post as a "troll" attempt or a "joke," the joke's on you. This is what I truly believe, and I'm fairly, genuinely answering the question. You're downvoting because of the content of my thought. Cheers.
- sunir 14y ago
  Look up U.S. Copyright law and the case history on each of the suggestions you made. It looks like you may be surprised. I am tempted to go through them all myself, but it is less fun and may make you feel better about the state of copyright if you do the research yourself. Two for free: music is already copyrightable; DNA is not copyrightable.
  - nerdfiles 14y ago
    DNA is still an open debate. Are you telling me a fact of law? Are we interpreting this question in the same way? I'm talking about music as a expressed through a markup language. So I'm thinking the "concept" of a concept album can be copyrighted IF APIs are copyrightable. What kind of metadata would it possess? Does the author of the music have the ability to extend that metadata?

nerdfiles 14y ago

It's not clear to me why you're downvoting, each of these components bypasses the "do not contain innovative technology that should be protected from competitors" feature. You're being unfair with these downvotes, and perhaps a bit uncouth since no general idea, or specific idea, as to why it's being downvoted is presented. Each of these is innovative in some way, and we can see a predictable trend where we will first assume that the problem is unique (whatever the API, etc tries to solve) and then "give due diligence" to creativity/labor where necessary. If you're taking this post as a "troll" attempt or a "joke," the joke's on you. This is what I truly believe, and I'm fairly, genuinely answering the question. You're downvoting because of the content of my thought. Cheers.

sunir 14y ago
Look up U.S. Copyright law and the case history on each of the suggestions you made. It looks like you may be surprised. I am tempted to go through them all myself, but it is less fun and may make you feel better about the state of copyright if you do the research yourself. Two for free: music is already copyrightable; DNA is not copyrightable.
- nerdfiles 14y ago
  DNA is still an open debate. Are you telling me a fact of law? Are we interpreting this question in the same way? I'm talking about music as a expressed through a markup language. So I'm thinking the "concept" of a concept album can be copyrighted IF APIs are copyrightable. What kind of metadata would it possess? Does the author of the music have the ability to extend that metadata?