The estate is probably acting on the advice of a lawyer, who will rake in money from the estate for the rest of his career. Lawyers are the true beneficiaries of copyright.
Self driving cars work by making assumptions about the world around them. This time it was in error, and the human observer - making the same assumption - didn't stop the vehicle to prevent an accident.
But the real important thing here is that they could analyze the crash (and thousands of variations on it) to prevent a similar accident from occurring. Unlike human drivers, which will cause the same accidents over and over, self-driving cars can learn not to repeat past mistakes.
I grew up on those things but now I'm an adult and those things don't interest me anymore. That's fine if you enjoy nostalgia but really, there's so much more to the world and even movies that's more interesting than my childhood entertainment.
You might want to learn how fair use works. He could use the whole song if it was fair use.
The 30 second previews you talk about are not fair use, and I'm not sure there's even a law like that. More likely, it's just an agreement between the labels and the streaming site (i.e. not a law).
Because if it's in the public domain, then what they're doing is not infringement, so those rules don't apply.
And giving them a taste of their own medicine only justifies the law and the outrageous fines. It won't make them want to change it. That's how they want the law even if it bites them from time to time.
It's not about worshiping Bowie. It's about listening to someone who's very successful in their business talk about their business. If he were discussing something unrelated you might have a point.
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But the real important thing here is that they could analyze the crash (and thousands of variations on it) to prevent a similar accident from occurring. Unlike human drivers, which will cause the same accidents over and over, self-driving cars can learn not to repeat past mistakes.
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The 30 second previews you talk about are not fair use, and I'm not sure there's even a law like that. More likely, it's just an agreement between the labels and the streaming site (i.e. not a law).
But thanks for trying to sling out insults.
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And giving them a taste of their own medicine only justifies the law and the outrageous fines. It won't make them want to change it. That's how they want the law even if it bites them from time to time.
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