Methylman

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[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh yeah - you're talking about that cabal of elites who prey on small children in the basement of a pizza restaurant right (it sounds stupid when he said it and it sounds stupid when you said it).

Talk to a lawyer and ask how long you can prolong a parking ticket if you happen to have a few million in the bank - let alone one of the most complicated conspiracies of lying to the federal govt the country has ever seen.

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure its a sure thing for adobe (the established company) that this newer company is infringing per se. You need to do business with the trademark to 'use' the mark - the caption makes it sound like they will change their mark before doing any business? On the other hand, advertising counts as doing business where the mark is associated but that can get a bit tricky..

If we assume this is not an advertisement, then it's just like anyone else scribbling down the logo of another company on a sheet of paper and saying I made a thing

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indeed, I posted this on another thread about the court

Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Smith Adams, September 11, 1804, "but the opinion [Marbury v Madison] which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the legislature & executive also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch."

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 159 points 1 year ago (23 children)

It's right on the courts' info page

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/about

Although the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, it permits Congress to decide how to organize it. Congress first exercised this power in the Judiciary Act of 1789. This Act created a Supreme Court with six justices.

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I absolutely agree with the second half, guided by Ian Kerr's paper "Death of the AI Author"; quoting from the abstract:

Claims of AI authorship depend on a romanticized conception of both authorship and AI, and simply do not make sense in terms of the realities of the world in which the problem exists. Those realities should push us past bare doctrinal or utilitarian considerations about what an author must do. Instead, they demand an ontological consideration of what an author must be.

I think the part courts will struggle with is if this 'thing' is not an author of the works then it can't infringe either?

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The thing is these models aren't aiming to re-create the work of any single authors, but merely to put words in the right order. Imo, If we allow authors to copyright the order of their words instead of their whole original creations then we are actually reducing the threshold for copyright protection and (again imo) increasing the number of acts that would be determined to be copyright protected

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know people drink water too right? It's not just a backdrop for your selfies lol

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

https://mylemmy.win/post/89871

Any instance admin, proper or rogue, gets a ton of information that users won’t normally see.

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

clerics

Unsure if intended? You probably meant clerks

But then again clerics also works since they probably do worship capitalism as if it were a religion

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Couldn't help looking it up - so satisfied that it's called a lounge of lizards

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Since you mentioned you went to a school already (and assuming you meant some kind of post-secondary school); I do think it's outrageous that some schools limit full library access to only the time one is completing their studies. Lots of former students would benefit and since anyone with access through their employers is likely using the employer's library access, I can't imagine former students would significantly increase the cost of maintaining database access..

I got lucky and still have access through the alumni association at my uni, but I don't believe that's true at all schools.

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Like I cant access in depth medical course or text book in engineering

Why not? The common 'hack' is to join the wifi at your local uni if you don't have the necessary subscriptions for the platform but lots of stuff is open-access

 

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