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Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement

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Post by ska »

nefitty wrote: post #86
Retric wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s begging for some leaky abstraction to absolutely ruin your business.

Management is made of leaky abstractions. I think of course that humans should still be the accountable party, but AI can guide baser decisions so that more time can be spent on the hard problems. Imagine how many thousands of hours managers have wasted at this point discussing WFH. They should have been figuring out their supply chain and labor strategy.

This argument would be more compelling if companies were in general better at driving management decisions using all of the many data analysis techniques already available. Making something lower effort but also harder to understand and more error prone doesn't seem like an obvious win....

Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement

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Post by Crosseye_Jack »

tyingq wrote: post #122
tyingq wrote: post #15

I'm curious if it was related to the file name. I created a few 1-byte files with just "1" in them, with different names, including "output04.txt". No problems so far. Also uploaded variations with "\n" and "\r\n" after the "1". And enabled sharing to anyone with the link. No issues so far. Google drive does support metadata like a description and comments. I wonder if someone posted some copyrighted text in a commen…

Update: It has now flagged the file with "0\n" in it. So it's official, Both 0 and 1 are copyrighted :) https://imgur.com/a/xMgh6Xn

Well that MP3 the RIAA flagged was FULL of ones and zeros, so it only makes sense they would get flagged ;-)

Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement

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Post by matheusmoreira »

SR2Z wrote: post #112
matheusmoreira wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Copyright is fundamentally a monopoly on data. The very name implies that you can restrict who can copy data, how many copies can be made. Copying data is among the most basic, fundamental computer operations. Therefore all computers are inherently capable of violating copyright, they merely need to be instructed to do so. It's the 21st century and copyright is absolute nonsense. Computers make it seem absurd by triv…

> It's the 21st century and copyright is absolute nonsense. This is an awful, terrible take. We know that intellectual property is much more artificial than pretty much every other type of property right, but we still want governments to enforce copyright and other IP law because it's a good way to make sure that people have a financial incentive to be creative or do R&D. Copyright needs reform (and many types of DRM…

> we still want governments to enforce copyright and other IP law because it's a good way to make sure that people have a financial incentive to be creative or do R&D.

I have to believe that there must be alternatives. We need better post-copyright business models. This artificial scarcity thing is simply not going to work anymore. At least not without sacrificing everything about computers that make them special.

Maybe crowdfunding where creation is treated as an investment. Maybe patronage where it's treated as a subscription. I really don't know for sure. I just know it can't go on like this.

Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement

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Post by Qub3d »

Always operate under the assumption that iCloud (Apple), Microsoft and Google will delete any/all of your data, with no notice, and for no reason.

Because they explicitly reserve the right to do so in their TOSes.

Not your computer, not your data etc.

(https://www.quentb.com/posts/diy-cloud-backup/)

Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement

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Post by nervlord »

version_five wrote: post #2

"A review cannot be requested for this restriction" ML enforcing rules is bad enough, but not allowing false positives to be corrected is ridiculous. This is why I would never consider g-suite for any business application. Otoh, I think there is a legitimate business to be made helping small businesses and individuals secure themselves against arbitrary behavior from big tech. This kind of thing can have serious cons…

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Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement

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Post by TedShiller »

zydex wrote: post #133
TedShiller wrote: post #128

Maybe but anyone can claim that on Twitter

It's been reproduced by other users, see below comment in this topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30061080

Interesting, you’re right then.

The thing with Twitter posters is they often don’t understand what they’re doing.

Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement

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Post by bl4ckneon »

tyingq wrote: post #122
tyingq wrote: post #15

I'm curious if it was related to the file name. I created a few 1-byte files with just "1" in them, with different names, including "output04.txt". No problems so far. Also uploaded variations with "\n" and "\r\n" after the "1". And enabled sharing to anyone with the link. No issues so far. Google drive does support metadata like a description and comments. I wonder if someone posted some copyrighted text in a commen…

Update: It has now flagged the file with "0\n" in it. So it's official, Both 0 and 1 are copyrighted :) https://imgur.com/a/xMgh6Xn

Does that mean someone copyrighted binary? :p I guess that mean that this comment and everything digital is copyrighted.
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