Re:Runway – Create impossible video
by ipsum2 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @08:20PM
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My guess is that they don't want to run this on the users computer (even though video editors have fairly beefy machines) because it would be easy to extract out the ML models and use them, destroying their business model.
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Exactly. The cloud is DRM. It’s really the only DRM that works; don’t give the user the code at all.
There’s also the data play of making the user keep data there and pay rent forever to keep it accessible. You can download your videos but you lose edit history etc.
The models they are using are probably already public.
Re:Runway – Create impossible video
by darepublic on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @09:34PM
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The ml parts can be accessed via API without requiring a full video upload maybe
More likely is that it's easier to monetize. Or both of course
Re:Runway – Create impossible video
by reciprocal on Thursday July 08, 2021 @03:01AM
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I think hosting the software might also be a way to defuse the software patent minefield - by running the algorithms in
a country which doesn't have software patents. This might (arguably) keep the embodiment of the invention in said jurisdiction. Or at least muddy the waters somewhat.