I contemplated the same problem and concluded the thing to try first would be probabilistic clustering of snippets, but I haven’t actually tried it yet.
I would think the transformativeness defense used by appropriation artists might be applicable to establish that a photo of an out-of-copyright image is an “original work of authorship.” Cue Richard Prince to put it to the test…
I don’t think the parent is particularly clear about what it’s referring to or why the Apple decision would be binding. It just looks like two ships passing in the night over precedent vs estoppel.
I don’t think this deserves t be downvoted. It’s just a misunderstanding. What you’re thinking of is a different concept in the US legal system called res judicata or issue preclusion.
If you have a house but no money, I don’t think the government should take and sell your house to pay for those services. And if they did, you’d probably cause the government to incur more costs providing for you as a homeless person than it would have earned from your property tax.
I’m 100% in favor of recouping the money via other taxes. My motivation for being against property tax on primary residences is my belief that if you own a single family home free and clear, no one should be able to take it away from you simply because you don’t have any money.
FYI technology execs stopped citing Capex vs Opex as a driver of cloud use years ago. Source: my day job consisted of interviewing F500 tech execs about why they were moving to the cloud, among other things.
There are certainly situations where an adverse result in a lawsuit can lead to layoffs despite being a “one-off event”. I’ve worked on at least a few that were genuine “bet the company” cases. But a $245M loss is typically not in the ballpark for a big company. To trigger layoffs you usually need to be talking about billions or injunctions.
The legal stuff works. I remember bickering with a Comcast agent once, and after saying “you see, this contract is a legally binding agreement between us…” I got escalated right away.
So much this. Some years ago I was deep in the post-processing rabbit hole (and printing - thanks, Nick Brandt) and at one point after spending like 5 hours in PS I thought “why the hell am I doing this?” and never looked back. There’s something very freeing about giving yourself over to your materials, framing, and exposure, and being delighted by the results even if they aren’t exactly what you expect. Digital post is like Ansel Adams level darkroom work, and I just don’t enjoy being so exacting.