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Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's "exclusive rights", such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the copyrighted work, spread the information contained within copyrighted works, or to make derivative works.
“In the case of computer programs, this expression/idea distinction poses unique problems, because computer programs are essentially utilitarian articles which accomplish tasks, and they therefore contain many logical, structural, and visual display elements that are dictated by considerations of function and efficiency, as well as by external factors such as compatibility requirements and industry demands.”
Copyright can be used for many good things: paying artists, incentivizing people to collaborate and create awesome content. Or not. It's really up to you. And by "you," I mean lawyers. Let's take a stand, shall we?
This is a sticky, complicated issue. But what can you expect from a legal system that can't even figure out how to categorize software art?
While researching AI and computational creativity for a paper I'm writing I realized the site for the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology Digest was down, so my paper "Artificial Intelligence and Authorship Rights" was inaccessible. I'm posting the penultimate draft here until such a time as they have it back up and want this…
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