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“Buyers of its artificial intelligence products” probably means enterprise customers. Yes, they probably really mean it. Protections like this are common in contracts between companies. Don’t expect it to apply to you just because you sign up for a free account. It only applies to their customers (paying businesses). You’re a product, not a customer.
That explains why a lot of software is dysfunctional.
Your lawyer is welcome to his opinions about what the law ought to be, but if he presented this as legal advice, you need a new lawyer. Software has been copyrightable in most countries [wikipedia.org] for over 40 years. It’s established both by court rulings and by laws. In the US, which I gather you’re referring to, congress amended the copyright law in 1980 to be explicit that computer programs were copyrightable.
he also expressed the opinion that copyright should not apply to software because of the functionality rule
he also expressed the opinion that copyright should not apply to software because of the functionality rule
That was true at one time, but congress modified the law to make software copyrightable. “creative” vs “functional” is still a major issue in software copyright lawsuits though, including in the Google vs Oracle lawsuit [zerobugsan…faster.net].
In other words, your lawyer just invalidated Microsoft’s entire business model.
Apparently. Obviously, “Microsoft says” is worth absolutely nothing.
I can hear their legal team cracking their knuckles, but it’s because they like overtime.
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