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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 04:27 PM EDT |
I am not into Kernel programming, but my understanding is that when you put
something under Git control, it calculates a hash value based on the entire
content of the text. That hash is expected to be unique for most such
committals and thus is a signature for the unique content.
Such a system would establish legally reliable evidence of what was
submitted/received by the Copyright Office.
From the bits and pieces we are hearing from the trial, as well as the
grandparent post, the judge in this case may be facing a real mess because
nobody knows what was submitted, and/or can't prove it with legally reliable
evidence.
Do you think Linus would be willing to design a 'reliable' Copyright Office
system?
Not a programmer
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| Authored by: dio gratia on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 05:26 PM EDT |
Looking through 17 USC 411 (b) (1,2), it would seem an invalid copyright
registration would derail any infringement action relying on it.
Should the house of cards fall apart we might see 'playing mean and nasty'
escalated to the norm in infringement cases, taking nothing for granted in the
face of specific statute.
All the sudden there's SEC implication in protecting shareholder's equity by
filing valid registrations.
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- Wow. - Authored by: AntiFUD on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 06:29 PM EDT
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