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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by luckylion on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:25PM (#24724103)
Can you even create a recipe from scratch after you've learned the recipe from somebody else, will it not always be a derivative work at best, and a copy at worst? Sure, you can add or remove an egg, or change the order or when to add salt or pepper, but an omelette is an omelette.
Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by hugi on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:36PM (#24724192)
By that reasoning, everything I will ever create is a derivative work. Which philosophically might stand up to scrutiny, but hopefully doesn't make me a walking infringement.
Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by imtringued on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:21AM (#24729147)
No. Copyright only protects your works from copying. It doesn't protect against reinvention which is why we have patents.