TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS

Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by wizzwizz4 on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:19AM (#29593302)

Hey, just because it would get laughed out of court, that doesn't mean they can't claim it!

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by randomluck040 on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:23AM (#29593374)

I‘m not so sure about it being laughed out of court unfortunately.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by donkeyd on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:30AM (#29593483)

Can concur, courts don't know jack about tech and have to rely on experts that aren't always independent.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by wizzwizz4 on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:18PM (#29598473)

Rebutting the argument doesn't rely on tech knowledge.

“But, your honour, I didn't copy this person's book! I used the autocomplete on my phone, and it just so happened to produce their 500 000 word novel!”

You need tech knowledge to think that's even plausible. Sure, they wouldn't dismiss it out of hand (I think “laughed out of court” is a figure of speech), but I wouldn't be surprised if it got a few giggles.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by ShrigmaMale on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:02PM (#29599403)

This would be more like GPT-3 completing a specific novel.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by pabs3 on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:44PM (#29600674)

ISTR someone used GPT-3 to autocomplete a chapter of Harry Potter.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by wizzwizz4 on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:31AM (#29614670)

And doing so is still copyright infringement.

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