Re:How we built the Waifu Vending Machine
by userbinator on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @07:45AM
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Even in the case that an algorithm's output is somehow found to be 'creative' rather than mechanistic, AND this specific application is found to be in all cases substantially transformative, there's STILL the original massive 2.5 TB of copyright infringement up front to deal with.
You're almost making the argument that everyone who has ever read a pirated book or other work (I know plenty of people who started their whole career that way...) and then uses that knowledge is guilty, which is just a perfect example of how ridiculously insane copyright law is.
You're almost making the argument that everyone who has ever read a pirated book or other work (I know plenty of people who started their whole career that way...) and then uses that knowledge is guilty, which is just a perfect example of how ridiculously insane copyright law is.
"Everything is a derivative work."
"Stand on the shoulders of giants."