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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by shadowgovt on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:27PM (#22444434)
Copyright as an institution is grounded on arguments of net societal benefit, and it doesn't take much argument to demonstrate that there is net societal harm to intentionally diminishing people's ability to comply with the law.
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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by dependenttypes on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:46PM (#22446200)
Sadly the Norwegian courts do not seem to agree. See this series of blog posts by the creator of CSS. https://www.wiumlie.no/2018/rettspraksis/06-11-blog
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