-
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
‘Ripping off’ is an emotive term, and a value judgement. I think it is more conducive to discourse to state that the outcomes of machine learning are necessarily and directly derivative, in ways that…2 -
Re: Copyright Registration (Any Loopholes?)
‘Intellectual property’ is a general term for something that is, in law, always specific. That doesn’t mean it is a mirage, only that the term refers to a general and broad category. Personally, it i…3 -
Re: AlphabetMagic. My first AI experiment
That’s my understanding too, Pablo. The unknowable potential—and hence danger—of AI is when it starts doing things in ways that humans can’t understand, making itself ever more efficient without any …2 -
Re: Copyright Registration (Any Loopholes?)
The entirety of US Copyright Office thinking on software is about avoiding having to come to terms with the nature of software and how it is made. It is desparately and willfully avoiding engaging wi…2 -
Re: Copyright Registration (Any Loopholes?)
Tom Phinney makes a pretty convincing case that the JSON format for FontLab 6+ meets the definition of source code. It is directly editable within FontLab, meaning that it isn’t just a saved file for…5
