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

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Post by netr0ute »

radicaldreamer wrote: post #233
reincarnate0x14 wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAIK the copyright scan only happens on files shared from certain types of Drive accounts, the assumption presumably being that while Google doesn't know or care if you have rights to possess data, they can be reasonably sure you wouldn't be using Drive links as the means of distributing many well-known files (video, music, software, mostly) if you had rights to do so. How far Artificial Stupidity runs into the weed…

What is the best in class cloud drive software which doesn't do this? I feel like Dropbox is a bit more selective, but without going into the Megas of the world, there doesn't seem to be a good file share with solid end-user desktop sync.

NextCloud

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

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Post by rexreed »

op00to wrote: post #260
PostOnce wrote: post #254

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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…

Man, what a bummer. People have to come up with new ideas rather than rehashing old ones. How will we ever stay entertained?

No new idea emerges in a vacuum. Every idea builds upon other ideas. Ever heard of the phrase "on the shoulders of giants"?

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

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Post by yissp »

mahogany wrote: post #281
op00to wrote: post #260

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Man, what a bummer. People have to come up with new ideas rather than rehashing old ones. How will we ever stay entertained?

Except... Disney heavily relies on rehashing old ideas from the public domain. That same public domain that they fight against. If the Brothers Grimm were still under copyright, would Disney even have been started? For example, you may want to take a look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_animated_films_...

Huh, Snow White (1937) was released 74 years after the death of Jacob Grimm (1863). Didn't Disney lobby for the extension of copyright to 70 years after the author's death? I wonder if that's why they decided on that number.

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

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Post by a9h74j »

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 this mean every binary file is now a derivative work?

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

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Post by matheusmoreira »

foxfluff wrote: post #94
matheusmoreira wrote: post #82

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Those are also fabricated by huge corporations. No guarantee they won't be compromised by industry or government interests.

True, but it's harder to compromise a fully programmable device. In essence, you'd have to somehow prevent certain kinds of programming while still permitting all the rest. How is the device to know that flipping pin 121 and 122 in a specific pattern is actually clocking bits from a storage device? I think the web is broken (user-hostile) for the same reason. It's been made to support arbitrary programming, and now y…

You're right. I understand now that it could be a huge step forward. Not perfect but great.

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

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Post by yeetaccount4 »

iameli wrote: post #75

All 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…

Fuck that, you’re the big game in town, you get the big bitches. Fix your shit.

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

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Post by a9h74j »

labster wrote: post #314
teachrdan wrote: post #149

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Relevant Onion article here: https://www.theonion.com/microsoft-patents-ones-zeroes-18195...

Why is satire so much better at predicting our dumb reality than sci-fi? This is definitely the darkest timeline.

GPT-3 says: In mathematics, there is a search for a satire-to-satire mapping function with the longest cycle length. These are called N-quines.

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

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Post by a9h74j »

gcanyon wrote: post #306
tyingq wrote: post #122

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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

That’s it, kids, the internet is now illegal — until we switch to a quaternary system using only 2’s and 3’s

Suspicious -- just when Google is announcing success with qbits and quantum computing.

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

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Post by kingcharles »

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

Silence copyrighted too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3

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