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• On the post: AI Writes Article About AI: Does The Newspaper Hold The Copyright?

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2019 @ 01:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Another possibility

  Even a sentient machine is still a machine. The law is constructed for people, applying it to machines is looking for trouble.

• On the post: AI Writes Article About AI: Does The Newspaper Hold The Copyright?

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2019 @ 02:31am

  Re:

  The photographer would have had copyright if he didn't push for the "made by a monkey" narrative. But then again, nobody would have seen the picture.

• On the post: AI Writes Article About AI: Does The Newspaper Hold The Copyright?

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2019 @ 01:25am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  The real point is, the machine is no person. The law only applies to persons.That's an essential difference between your AIban your children. There's no reason to create a kind of personality for machines. You can't put them in jail, or in court (and you can program the AI to like any kind of punishment). So I think in general the owner should be the legal representation of the machine.

• On the post: EU Moves Forward With Agreement To Fundamentally Change The Internet From Open To Closed

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2019 @ 06:22am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: The EU is losing all legitimacy and credibility

  True, the national governments have the power. But our national government (I'm Dutch) always claims they have to do stuff because it's obligations in Europe. Even if they have veto power. The worst problem with the EU is it hides the person responsible.

• On the post: EU Moves Forward With Agreement To Fundamentally Change The Internet From Open To Closed

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2019 @ 05:09am

  Re: Re: Whats good for the goose is good for the parliamentarian

  As my father used to say: Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.

• On the post: EU Moves Forward With Agreement To Fundamentally Change The Internet From Open To Closed

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2019 @ 04:52am

  Re: Re: The EU is losing all legitimacy and credibility as a Dem

  The EU is a union of governments. The European Parliament is added to it to suggest influence of the citizens. The real power lies with people who are elected by people the citizens elected (in most European countries the government is elected by parliament).

• On the post: EU Moves Forward With Agreement To Fundamentally Change The Internet From Open To Closed

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2019 @ 04:44am

  Re: Re: Re: The EU is losing all legitimacy and credibility as a

  I don't think this is Britain's problem. But it could be the trigger for the next country.

• On the post: EU Moves Forward With Agreement To Fundamentally Change The Internet From Open To Closed

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2019 @ 05:55am

  Don't worry

  They won't use it against you. It's only for people they don't like.

• On the post: Google, Apple Called Out For Hosting Saudi Government App That Allows Men To Track Their Spouses' Movements

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2019 @ 05:58am

  Re: Re: Self-Distribution: Not As Easy As It Sounds

  The local government could force it on every phone before it's sold.

• On the post: Initial Fallout From McDonald's Losing Its EU 'Big Mac' Trademark Is Mockery From Burger King

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2019 @ 05:18am

  Re: U.S. centric views

  It's true. I'm no expert on Sweden (I had to check if it's EU, neighbor Norway isn't), but a lot of countries have laws against negative advertising (bashing competition).

• On the post: EU's First Attempt At Building A List Of Evil Pirate Sites… Lists Non-Infringing Sites

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2019 @ 12:11pm

  Hollywood, politicians nor the gouvernments will be affected. The won’t be put on watch lists, and they will not be falsely accused of infringement.
  If you're important enough laws will be explained in your advantage.

• On the post: Why Europe Will Never Build Its Own Digital Giants

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2018 @ 08:36am

  Re: Re: Re: It's simpel.

  And don’t forget the marketing power of Hollywood. Everybody in Europe knows Harvard from the movies. Snobs on television talking about Chateau Migraine, makes people think it's expensive wine.

• On the post: Why Europe Will Never Build Its Own Digital Giants

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2018 @ 09:47pm

  Re:

  You could argue that building a monopoly by buying your competition is innovation.
  People are regularly measuring innovation by counting patent monopolies.
  Maybe the monopoly-aspect is a defining quality.

• On the post: Why Europe Will Never Build Its Own Digital Giants

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2018 @ 11:52am

  Re: Re: Such a bad thing?

  You're right. And depending on the metrics (number of employees, products produced) there are bigger companies than the big internet giants.
  It's just they are so visible on the internet and overrated on the stock markets.

• On the post: Why Europe Will Never Build Its Own Digital Giants

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2018 @ 06:08am

  Re: Re: Such a bad thing?

  It's the fact the size gives them all sorts of advantages.
  Grow fast or be pushed of the market by someone growing faster. That's not selecting the best companies, that's destroying a lot of economic potential.

• On the post: Why Europe Will Never Build Its Own Digital Giants

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2018 @ 05:57am

  It's simpel.

  It is because everything American looks so much cooler to Europeans.
  Nice example: hyves.nl was a very popular Dutch variant of Facebook.
  It was completly wiped out by Facebook when Facebook entered the Dutch market.

• On the post: Appeals Court Won't Yet Review Awful District Court Decision That Says Embedding Could Be Infringement

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2018 @ 12:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Display right and embedding

  Because you're not the author, you're infringing. That's how copyright works (unless the author sells the rights).

• On the post: Don't Believe Those Who Wish To Diminish Digital Rights By Falsely Implying It's All Big Tech Lobbying

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2018 @ 03:24am

  game shakers...

  The Nickelodeon show "game shakers" shows the copyright utopia: "creative" people doing their their stuff and automagically becoming rich.
  Once I felt obliged to explain the children it's propaganda, but I start to like it because it shows how completely ridiculous the maximalist view is.

• On the post: Axel Voss, MEP Behind Awful Internet Destroying EU Copyright Directive, Tries To Defend His Plan

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 04 Jul, 2018 @ 11:41pm

  yesterday

  Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, but now they all are here to stay.
  This comment will be filtered out, because I read the text above in some other comment section.

• On the post: Report Confirms Deep Flaws Of Automated Facial Recognition Software In The UK, Warns Its Use In The US Is Spreading

  

  frank87 ( profile ), 21 May, 2018 @ 01:32pm

  it's a taboo

  A few years ago I spoke an expert in pattern recognition. He told me what the problem was: people don't want to heat it, but really, there is very little variation in faces. Our faces all look alike (except for a few obvious differences), but our brains tell us differently.

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