Re:The law depends on compute power
by jwatte on Saturday July 30, 2016 @07:12PM
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There is a minimum bar for what is a protectable "work" under copyright. It also has to be creatively produced, not machine generated in singles. (Not taking about collections here)
Rolling a die and publishing a number between 1 and 6 is not copyrightable.
Would a single number of 20 bytes be a "work?" Even if it's almost certainly generated through strong random? That seems unlikely.
What Sony could do would seem be civil action under "trade secrets" and/or the EULA.
Rolling a die and publishing a number between 1 and 6 is not copyrightable.
Would a single number of 20 bytes be a "work?" Even if it's almost certainly generated through strong random? That seems unlikely.
What Sony could do would seem be civil action under "trade secrets" and/or the EULA.
Dunno if that's the actual interpretation though?