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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by jameshart on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:22AM (#22442562)
Presumably copyright law makes this allowance for type because the point of typefaces is to be reproduced.
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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by paulddraper on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:26AM (#22442596)
That is in fact, the point of all digitized information, including recorded audio.

(But yes, I do agree that typefaces are exceptionally commonly distributed.)

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