Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by onion2k on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:23PM
(#30060761)
If Google has the copyright on "1", they only need to get "0" as well and they'll have everything.
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Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by tyingq on Monday January 24, 2022 @03:16PM
(#30063387)
Already there, I made some test files. The ones with "1", "1\n", and "0\n" are all now flagged. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30063319
So, "someone" has them copyrighted.
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by misnome on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:33PM
(#30061851)
All copyright-infringing files are ~50% 1's, therefore there is a 50% chance of every file with a 1 in being copyright-infringing!
Statistics don't lie, which is presumably why google employs so many of them, to calculate these efficiencies.
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by denton-scratch on Monday January 24, 2022 @02:27PM
(#30062635)
> Statistics don't lie
However statistics can be used to confuse.
If a file is 50% 1's, then a 1-digit file has a 50% chance of infringing. More than that, the chance of infringement grows pretty fast.
Also, if "1" is copyright, then a file with a "1" in it is infringing; there's no chance there. It's certainty.
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by gvb on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:33PM
(#30060921)
0 = 1 - 1 so they have everything already!
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by smnrchrds on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:44PM
(#30061096)
Only if they have patented -
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by wlesieutre on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:08PM
(#30061441)
Not - as an abstract concept, but perhaps "a method and apparatus for subtracting numbers"
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by tragomaskhalos on Monday January 24, 2022 @02:17PM
(#30062506)
There must be some internet law that states something like "no flippant comment about the absurdities of copyright law is so crazy that a patent troll won't be inspired by it"
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by gvb on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:57PM
(#30062204)
Point of order: you've changed the method of restriction from copyright to patent.
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by version_five on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:09PM
(#30061463)
Or XOR
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by vmception on Monday January 24, 2022 @03:15PM
(#30063373)
Here is a joke that relies on the assumption that the platform is suggesting they own the copyright, instead of someone else that isn't the user.
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by kingcharles on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:08PM
(#30066997)
God, I'm glad I stored all my files using quantum superpositions.
Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright...
by bluecheese33 on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:39PM
(#30061004)