Post AjQKAJQvbwN2gHshLU by jarek@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #AjPevc4PwOWc1BDxMO by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-29T07:33:12Z
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Oh, this is good: Microsoft waives its copyright to anything it publishes on the web.https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24188391/microsoft-ai-suleyman-social-contract-freeware#microsoft #copyright #AI
(DIR) Post #AjPfcILx7ml5JnmK36 by MaZderMind@chaos.social
2024-06-29T07:40:55Z
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@aral @viennawriter So because one can freely download a Windows ISO, Windows is Freeware now \o/ 🤦‍♂️
(DIR) Post #AjPgBQkNuKQnUHxaVs by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-29T07:47:08Z
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@MaZderMind @viennawriter What can I say, we don’t make the rules… 🤷‍♂️
(DIR) Post #AjPgEzACP9nh63jJIG by Nicovel0@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T07:47:58Z
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@aral I thought Microsoft were setting themselves up for the lawsuit of the century, but now it may be a century of lawsuits
(DIR) Post #AjPhehxV5uOxDicT7g by deightonrobbie@mastodon.green
2024-06-29T08:03:45Z
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@aral Cool. They have windows ISO's available for download 🤪.Does that mean they can now be legally reverse-engineered?
(DIR) Post #AjPkpX1KP1GwLNGKn2 by potatoes_fall@miscreants.party
2024-06-29T08:39:17Z
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@aral I'm not a fan of modern copyright law, but the double standards here are disgusting.Tech giants think they decide when the laws they lobby governments for apply and when they don't.
(DIR) Post #AjPlJbe5lpptNNjc00 by thomascoven@social.vivaldi.net
2024-06-29T08:44:46Z
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@aral So it's now perfectly ok with MS to download pirated copies of their software from the internet.Thanks Mustafa!
(DIR) Post #AjPmP4Uq20toG0Zmoy by etchedpixels@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T08:56:56Z
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@aral Certainly sounds like promissory estoppel ;) One for the lawyers 8)
(DIR) Post #AjPnX7CDyfXotwGkGe by Velrose@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T09:09:39Z
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@aral so now we can use Microsofts software for free it seems It's so awful how these big techs just do whatever they want with so little regard for anything or anyone
(DIR) Post #AjPoHa7ukMw7wrPU24 by earthling42@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T09:17:58Z
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@aral LOL. 🤦Microsoft’s AI boss ... 🙄... one might think too, that any car which is parked or used on a public road is free to be used by anyone 🤪 ...?
(DIR) Post #AjPp5eFLhfE5CmlFZ2 by nrk9819@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T09:26:56Z
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@aral the question is, what can we do to "legally" prevent these bots to steal content ? is there any way other than introducing paywall/authwall ?
(DIR) Post #AjPprvDjthKJkW1j5U by nottrobin@union.place
2024-06-29T09:35:43Z
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@aral lol I wonder if this is the most expensive statement any company executive has made ever?
(DIR) Post #AjPqngzOy0DgPKrr2u by celeduc@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T09:46:09Z
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@aral they produce nothing with reading. Checkmate!
(DIR) Post #AjQ3mVbz59bIEcgElM by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-29T12:11:40Z
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@egonw As is much, if not all, of what comes out of Big Tech.
(DIR) Post #AjQ4ZJbaVhHPBfleG8 by why0hy@eupolicy.social
2024-06-29T12:20:31Z
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@aral https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fi-micropiracy9-story.html
(DIR) Post #AjQ5j8qRTK3YfFxt8y by Professor_Stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-06-29T12:33:28Z
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@aral So how does one interpret this little glyph at the lower-right of a Microsoft web page?
(DIR) Post #AjQ7IN7YUBTf1wKfiK by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-06-29T12:51:05Z
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@Professor_Stevens That must be… Microsoft lying to itself? 🤔
(DIR) Post #AjQ7ccHBqdsppFUaTA by canleaf@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T12:54:41Z
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@aral When I do not own anything here, software piracy is not theft. #MonthOfTheLinuxDesktop #MicrosoftOut #DumpWindows
(DIR) Post #AjQ7mycJdmFO0gJWWu by Professor_Stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-06-29T12:56:10Z
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@aral Current law has it that observers of the Berne Convention (all but about six nations) recognize a copyright in a work at the moment it is fixed in a tangible medium (like a computer's memory or other storage). In the US (at least) adding the notice means nothing, except that you can ask for attorneys fees in addition to damages when you sue for infringement.My guess? Microsoft is going to ask courts to see that notice as meaning more on the web.Watch your tokus.
(DIR) Post #AjQ8icQAK48Vxy7Hmq by soc@chaos.social
2024-06-29T13:06:38Z
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@aral That's not correct; the rules apply differently to the poor.
(DIR) Post #AjQBhaxKaGkazlphdg by marcink@stolat.town
2024-06-29T13:40:20Z
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@aral @rysiek Explaining the social contact to someone is difficult if their mad money depends on not understanding it. To paraphrase.
(DIR) Post #AjQKAJQvbwN2gHshLU by jarek@mastodon.online
2024-06-29T15:15:03Z
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@aral Our response to this dumb statement is to add very explicit "NO AI TRAINING" to every piece of content on our website.
(DIR) Post #AjQNpgDu5D8v69CqhM by N0tSure@mastodon.social
2024-06-29T15:56:13Z
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@aral So, would it be acceptable to make an AI porn clip with his face?
(DIR) Post #AjQOZm96OZTYmswN0K by Roucan@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-06-29T16:04:36Z
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@aral just like its ok to pocess stolen property if you don’t know it was stolen right?I found it on the street, so somebody must have put it there so I can have it for free right?
(DIR) Post #AjQOiNjMXWBDfh0M1Q by Roucan@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-06-29T16:06:17Z
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@aral or what if I download premium Microsoft software - hosted for free on the open web. That’s cool right Mr Microsoft?