Is it possible to create a copyright basilisk? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by dillekant@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Is it possible to create something where knowing about the thing constitutes copyright infringement?

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[-] foo@withachanceof.com 57 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I suppose you could argue an "illegal number" is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number.

For example, the HD DVD encryption key saga was originally fought via DMCA notices to Digg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy

[-] demystify@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

Heads up, your first link is borked

[-] foo@withachanceof.com 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Works for me with Lemmy-UI. I'm guessing whatever client/browser you're using is including the period at the end of the sentence in the URL.

[-] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

But you have to know the number. It's not copyright infringement if you just know there is a number.

[-] dillekant@slrpnk.net -2 points 11 months ago

So I suppose being able to memorise and then replicate it? That's not bad. I was thinking along the lines of knowing about a joke where Taylor Swift lyrics were attributed to Mark Twain (for example) would violate Tay tay's moral right of attribution, and that could happen by simply knowing the joke.