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Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright... by johannes1234321 on Monday January 24, 2022 @05:29PM (#30064943)
I don't know about US lawy but in German law there is a requirement on some originality. ("Schöpfungshöhe") The barrier is low, but a 1 certainly doesn't receive the protection.
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Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright... by Sharlin on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:10PM (#30066027)
Yep. A HN comment a couple of sentences long, OTOH, is probably just on the threshold where whether it counts as a protected work depends on just how “unique” the comment is.
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Re:Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright... by johannes1234321 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:06AM (#30071321)
As we are on HN, not reddit, thus comments are more than "yes" or "lolz" they are most likely protected.

However one implicitly gives a license to YCombinator - at least to publish it. And what other rights can be upheld would be interesting.

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