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> For copyright to even exist at all the work must be fixed in a tangible medium. Examples of a "tangible medium" would include, of course, graphite markings,
by politician 14y ago
> For copyright to even exist at all the work must be fixed in a tangible medium.
Examples of a "tangible medium" would include, of course, graphite markings, magnetic dust, or the strength of nodes in a neural network.
- kunvay 14y agoI like the neural networks piece ;-) That's funny.
- norswap 14y agoWhat about my intangible spiritual soul? Is my whole life a lie? Which part of me will go to heaven? :o
- camiller 14y agoYou are born with the rights to your soul, otherwise you wouldn't be able to contractually give it up.
- Cogito 14y agoA lot of the argument seems to be based on the premise that a lecture is not copyrightable because it does not lie in tangible media. This seems to ignore the common practice (at least at my University) of recording every lecture so as to make them available for students who could not attend them.