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by Am4TIfIsER0ppos 681 days ago
No. The parent means that software and media should not only be available in French in France, for example. French produced things can be in French in France but GGP is talking about American services like google which used to always default to French for me and be resistant to changing.

But also yes a creator should be able to ban translations.
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pjc50 681 days ago
> software and media should not only be available in French in France

Seems reasonable. However, given French media quotas e.g. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/... , companies may be providing stuff only in French to ensure that it meets a legal requirement.

> But also yes a creator should be able to ban translations.

We've been round and round this for at least twenty years; creators like being able to ban accessibility measures like "read aloud this document" or "display it in a more readable format" or "fix the audio mix so the dialogue is audible" or "buy the DVD from a different country", but that's not exactly welfare-maximising. Are translations an accessibility measure? What about a translation into ASL?

(on the other hand, the reputational risk of a poor translation is real, and in the extreme can result in someone being cancelled for something they never even wrote)

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Am4TIfIsER0ppos 681 days ago
I don't mean you should be technically prevented from performing a translation, edit, or filter on something you own. I mean creators should be able to prevent the publication of a translation whether that is a different language, subtitles, or signing through the usual copyright mechanisms.
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bdzr 681 days ago
I'd never heard this before, but it's really interesting. This reminds me a lot of when Hollywood tried (successfully?) to bully Netflix out of adding a playback speed button. I'm not sure to what extent creators should be allowed to control how people consume their media.
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skeledrew 681 days ago
This is the kind of thing why I'm very anti-DRM. Once content hits my system, particularly if I've paid for it, it should be mine to do with as I please.
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