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eloisiustoday at 7:22 AM1 replyview on HN

> What makes you think you are entitled to tell people what they can and cant do with data they purchased

Hundreds of years of copyright law. I bought a copy of Windows, but I’m not allowed to modify that data with a cracker and sell a bootleg DVD of it.

I should edit to clarify that I’m not a big fan of Lars Ulrich or Disney, but I don’t think we’re going to get a win here for the recreational IP pirates. What’s more likely is that we’ll end up with some Frankenstein law that favors both Mikey Mouse and OpenAI, and you and I will neither get free movies nor the ability to earn a living off of our creative labor.


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protocolturetoday at 9:33 AM

I mean, the comparable situation would be, being allowed to sell something you created on Windows.

But in abstract you should absolutely be able to modify and sell windows.

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