> Actually, no. Legally, the burden of proof is on anyone who wants to > do the taking.
You beg the question. You assume the transformation by the algorithm from text to speech is taking. That's the thing at issue. > Your countercase > is to say, "parents can't read to their own children!" That giant > guffaw you hear is the court system laughing hysterically. I meant it only as a reductio ad absurdum of defining infringement as not being paid. Defining infringement as 'I don't get paid' would entail that a parent reading to a child is an infringement. That's just basic first order logic. It's not my "argument" nor my point. My point remains only this: I've not seen an explanation why one algorithm is acceptable and another is not. Why is the reading algorithm unacceptable and another, like an algorithm that adjusts the bass on an audiobook I bought, acceptable? And, by the way, I know very, very well what an algorithm is, so spare me the next insult. > If you want to argue that our entire system of copyright is broken, you can > find many people who will agree with you, including me. I want to be told how we justify telling people that they can't use an algorithm that turns text to speech without paying some fee. Can I run your text, after I buy it, and without owing you money, through an algoritm that translates it? That makes it look bigger because I like big font? That tells me how many words are in each story? If so, why is that algorithm acceptable and not one that produces speech? If neither the law nor you are interested in these questions, then we have different interests. > Does Analog use contracts these days? If so, you might want to find > out what it is you're signing. I'm pleased to say I sign them without reading them. cd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
