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Why is a binary (compiled machine code) protected by copyright, but the raw output of an AI model is not?
by BeefySwain 2y ago
Why is a binary (compiled machine code) protected by copyright, but the raw output of an AI model is not?
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- andsoitis 2y agoCourts have ruled that compilation does not remove originality—the binary is still a transformation of an original, copyrighted work (the source code).
- realusername 2y agoBecause binaries are a transformation of the source code, which is written by a human. Other kind of binaries which are fully generated by a machine like private keys aren't copyrightable.