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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.
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)