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by Nursie 4356 days ago
Why would it not be?

If I write a website and put thousands of mazes up, what difference does it make if I created them with a tool I wrote? Does the number of mazes created make a difference? Why?

I can copyright a computer program that is the binary output of a compiler...
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jordigh 4356 days ago
> Does the number of mazes created make a difference? Why?

I understand that in some jurisdictions reproducing a small portion of a larger work, then it may constitute fair use. Bullet point 3:

    The amount and substantiality of the portion
    used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

Of course, this is but one bullet point out of four, and the law is fuzzy, as it should be.

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Nursie 4356 days ago
Hadn't thought of that angle. You're right, there may be something in that (though I imagine you could argue each maze is a 'work')

I was more coming from the idea that just because there are lots of them generated surely doesn't mean they fall outsidd the law.

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