AJ Sadauskas: Microsoft's view on copyright is simple: What's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine. Your IP doesn't matter. Like the time it cloned CP/M. Or Lotus 1-2-3. Or the Xerox and Apple Lisa GUI. Or Netscape. Just don't touch Microsoft's IP. Like the time a Linux vendor called it's distro Lindows.

Remember when a group of crypto bros bought a copy of 'Jodorowsky's Dune' for $3 million (around 100x more than it was worth) thinking they could turn it into NFTs and an animated series because they didn't understand what copyright is?

The Saga of the 'Dune' Crypto Bros And Their Very Pricey Mistake Is At Its Endwww.esquire.com In a dismal crypto climate, the group is looking to sell its 'Dune' bible and cash out its treasury. “Really wish this worked out better," the group co-founder said.

Interesting that the head of Microsoft AI doesn't understand what copyright is either. Tech bros as a group seem singularly stuck in the "mine!" stage of child development. www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24...

Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open webwww.theverge.com That is not how fair use works.

Microsoft's view on copyright is simple: What's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine. Your IP doesn't matter. Like the time it cloned CP/M. Or Lotus 1-2-3. Or the Xerox and Apple Lisa GUI. Or Netscape. Just don't touch Microsoft's IP. Like the time a Linux vendor called it's distro Lindows.

Microsoft to pay $20M to end Lindows trademark battlewww.computerworld.com

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