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Building and Using Generative Models Under US Copyright Law(papers.ssrn.com)
1 points by VanL 3y ago|0 comments
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Be Careful with OpenAI's Terms of Use(ospo.co)
3 points by VanL 3y ago|0 comments
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by VanL 4y ago
A photo that tries to capture an existing painting as closely as possible is not copyrightable. However, even minor changes (such as changing the tint of the photo) have been found to be enough for copyrightability.
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AI-assisted art – A mixed decision from the copyright office(processmechanics.com)
36 points by VanL 4y ago|60 comments
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by VanL 5y ago
Hi! I'm the author of this chapter of the casebook. I didn't expect it to show up here, but I'm happy to answer questions.
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Why Tidelift and the PSF submitted a legal brief to the Supreme Court this week(blog.tidelift.com)
2 points by VanL 8y ago|0 comments
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by VanL 8y ago
Hi, I'm the author of this talk. A couple quick notes: First, the source materials I relied on are available at < https://github.com/google/opencasebook/blob/master/patents.m... . If you are intere
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by VanL 8y ago
Probably US only, didn't look internationally.
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by VanL 8y ago
Yes, but it is deeper. My overall take is that SSPL overreaches based upon the tools that it is using, making it infirm for multiple reasons. I don't necessarily disagree with the sort of thing they want to do, that definitely fits one
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by VanL 8y ago
Interesting thing about misuse, is that it prevents the enforcement of the copyright against even non-parties until the misuse has been dealt with. Practically, that is probably dealt with via a blog post and a retreat to the AGPL, but stil
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by VanL 8y ago
This would significantly ameliorate the problem.
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by VanL 8y ago
Not quite. There are administrative problems with the AGPL, which are inherited here. But it is the scope of this license that pulls in these new defenses.
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by VanL 8y ago
Here is the analysis: Let's think about the context where this would come up: A party ("Service") takes the SSPL'd MongoDB and implements a service. Service releases some code based on a good faith interpretation of the
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by VanL 8y ago
Quick summary: 1) It is problematic to use copyright infringement as a hammer to force people to release/relicense code that is not related to the copyrighted code. (That's the "misuse" bit) 2) If you try to do this via
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MongoDB's Server-Side Public License is fatally flawed(processmechanics.com)
3 points by VanL 8y ago|0 comments
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by VanL 9y ago
I did, although I have never really given up engineering. Happy to help if you have questions. See my email in my profile.
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by VanL 10y ago
(Replying to the top-ranked comment so that as many people as possible see it) While I wish Naftali well in his efforts - I have a private Python-derived language myself! - this is not "Python 2.8." For trademark purposes, &quot
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Rackspace launching support for AWS(blog.rackspace.com)
1 points by VanL 11y ago|0 comments
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An incomplete, but useful, model of ethical behavior(processmechanics.com)
2 points by VanL 11y ago|2 comments
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The PSF: Behind the curtain(processmechanics.com)
1 points by VanL 11y ago|0 comments
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The Battle Against Patent Trolls Starts Again(rackspace.com)
13 points by VanL 12y ago|0 comments
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by VanL 12y ago
> We should have "Law of minimal needed abstractions" We have it. Occam's Razor - the original version: "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity"
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by VanL 12y ago
(Disclosure: IAAPL, but this is my view and isn't reflective of any former clients or my current employer.) The key problem with the patent system is the problem of disclosure. We always say that the patent system is a bargain betwee
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Another Patent Troll Slain. You Are Now Free to Rotate Your Smartphone(rackspace.com)
384 points by VanL 12y ago|41 comments
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by VanL 12y ago
There are lots of things you can use code for as a lawyer, if you just think about it as "automating stuff." I wrote custom code all the time when I was at the law firm (and still do, but I'm in a more technical role now). It
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A change in the patent troll landscape(rackspace.com)
12 points by VanL 12y ago|0 comments
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by VanL 12y ago
The anti-reform group is basically people who make a living licensing patents. Everyone else (Google, Cisco, Amazon... pretty much anyone doing anything over the internet, anyone using computers or networks, all three auto makers, the app d
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by VanL 12y ago
No one gave up. There was a "pencils down" compromise agreement between most parties as of yesterday. It was hard getting there, but it had support from almost everyone. The pulled bill was the result of two different forces comin
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A Bad Day for Patent Reform. A Bad Day for Innovation(rackspace.com)
62 points by VanL 12y ago|10 comments
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Speak Up - Contact Your Senators to Fight Patent Trolls(rackspace.com)
72 points by VanL 12y ago|4 comments

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