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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…

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.

Hi, I'm the author of this talk. A couple quick notes: First, the source materials I relied on are available at " rel="nofollow">https://github.com/google/opencasebook/blob/master/…

Probably US only, didn't look internationally.

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 …

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 de…

This would significantly ameliorate the problem.

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.

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 base…

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 "mi…

I did, although I have never really given up engineering. Happy to help if you have questions. See my email in my profile.

(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…

> We should have "Law of minimal needed abstractions" We have it. Occam's Razor - the original version: "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity"

(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 …

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 …