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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by emiliobumachar on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:13AM (#22441992)
Claiming copyright of everything won't save you from producing all that child pornography and hate speech, not to mention unauthorized copies of state secrets. ;)
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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by simonh on Friday February 28, 2020 @07:11AM (#22442219)
For the state secrets, the state would have to identify the specific strings that constitute the violation, so that's unlikely to be a problem in practice.
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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by moron4hire on Friday February 28, 2020 @10:27AM (#22443372)
Nah, they have no problem identifying the string, they'll just slap you with a gag order, which itself will also have a gag order.
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