So who is going to run out and get a tattoo a la DeCSS?
Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
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Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#332Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cameras made it easy to copy things, so did printing presses, photocopiers and now computers. None of them have killed copyright, which is still functioning just fine. Musicians still sell music, directors still make films, the apocalypse simply isn’t happening. Yes there are occasional abuses, unfair YouTube takedowns and crap like this from Google. They must be fought, no argument there. Life will go on.
> Cameras made it easy to copy things, so did printing presses, photocopiers Not at massive global scales. Not at negligible costs. Not with complete impunity. Not in a way that was accessible to everyone.
> printing presses,
The arrival of mechanical movable type printing in Europe in the Renaissance introduced the era of mass communication, which permanently altered the structure of society. - Wiki
> photocopiers
A primary obstacle associated with the pre-xerographic copying technologies was the high cost of supplies: a Verifax print required supplies costing US$0.15 in 1969, while a Xerox print could be made for $0.03 including paper and labor. - Wiki
> Not at massive global scales. Not at negligible costs. Not with complete impunity. Not in a way that was accessible to everyone.
You're trying to split hairs to justify a belief here. It doesn't seem like you're making a compelling case by stringing together conditions that you think are unique to the modern day.
Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#333The fact that Google is scanning your files for "copyright infringement" is bad enough. They have no way of knowing that you don't legitimately own something. Then pair that with this example and if that isn't enough of a deal breaker for using Google drive I don't know what is.
Exactly, I was surprised by the lack of outrage at this.
Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#334Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which is a problem of its own, since they're effectively usernames. Secure usernames that have no corresponding password is already an oxymoron; that's what credit card numbers used to be, hence the introduction of the CVV, 3DSecure and so on; but at least a credit card can be blocked with relative ease. But SSNs are secure unchangeable usernames, which makes even less sense. Do any countries other than the US have s…
You can actually change your social security number in the circumstance of "victim of identity theft continues to be disadvantaged by using the original number": https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02220 It's a huge pain, obviously. Especially when you get to all the systems which blindly assume it isn't possible. But you can do it. They ought to just open it up and let anyone who requests to change it once a…
Which would have the benefit of forcing those systems to be updated. Agreed.
Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#335"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…
Reminds me of that 70s IBM presentation quote that surfaced recently, "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision". It's one thing to have a computer flag issues, another to make it responsible for taking action and in this case, making a decision final. Google continues to set poor examples with irresponsible implementations of machine learning. With no accou…
Now, imagine letting a computer decide how to drive a 15 ton truck down the freeway at 75 mph.
Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#336Earlier quoted context omitted.
At the scale at which Google operates, even if they fixed it within a minute it probably takes some time to test and roll these things out. Sometimes I wonder if people think that infrastructure for billions of people is some sort of magic where you push the fix button and magically everything's solved across the globe.
Sure it'll take time. Google cannot have it both ways though. They have a habit of completely restricting all ways of appealing or contesting these issues ostensibly because they think their tech is so good that it isn't required (at least in the vast majority of cases), and yet we have people permanently locked out of their personal and work GMails for months on end (or indefinitely) and now being accused of copyrig…
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Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Relevant Onion article here: https://www.theonion.com/microsoft-patents-ones-zeroes-18195...
Relevant SMBC comic: "Mister President! India is suing for half of our data!" https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-08-29
Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#338All software has bugs; I'm not mad at all that this silly test case was flagged incorrectly. The truly infuriating part is "A review cannot be requested for this restriction." Translation: "We have no idea if you actually own this content or not, but it would be _way too expensive_ for us to find out for sure! So you're out of luck, but don't worry — it's all worth it so we can make sure children can't stream Marvel…
So Google Drive is not an option for safely storing documents that you don't want to lose. And by extension, Google Docs is equally dangerous.
Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#339Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe 0 and 1 belong in the public domain, at least under US copyright law - there appears to be a significant amount of prior art.
FYI while Drive and YouTube's Content ID systems operate based on copyright, they are not entirely bound to it since they only actually have to comply with DMCA requests (barring any lawsuits that claim Google has the resources to create automated copyright detection systems[0]). Even when claiming copyright, they can remove and block access to content for any reason they want legally. 0: https://www.nytimes.com/2014…
Youtube's Content ID system is an artificial substitute for actions based on copyright law like DMCA takedowns, because actions based on copyright law have forms and procedures and you need to pay a lawyer to review them. Youtube's system is designed to be so generous to established content owners that they prefer to use it over legal filings, and to have very little recourse for appeal when a video gets taken down.
Re: Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
#340Earlier quoted context omitted.
Disney robbed us, our children, their children, and possibly generations beyond that with their more-than-a-century copyright terms. I thought about posting this comment the other day and decided not to, but your mention of Disney+ stirred the idea in me again. We have so much modern media about Dracula, Sherlock, Cthulhu, etc, a thousand flowers bloom... new movies, new games, new art of all kinds. Disney & friends…
Really great points. It also manifests in other strange ways that I'd summarize as killing our culture. Think of nursery songs as an example. Recall Little Miss Muffet sitting on a tuffet eating her curds and whey. I mean what is a tuffet, who eats curds and whey? The reason we don't have nursery rhymes in present day is that any of those songs are wrapped up in copyright and can't legally be shared. The only saving…
Here's a case on why Tetris is not copied as easily: https://publicknowledge.org/tetris-copyright-decision-shows-...
Also, game mechanics can't be copyrighted but they can be patented: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-02-08-warner-bro...