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1. shakna · 1789937558 · focus · HN ↗

   CC0, on the decompilation of a copyrighted work? That's... Not the way it works.

   You inherit the copyright from the original, as this is derivative.

   There's a reason decompilation has always been a grey area of seeing whether or not the copyright holder cares.

   1. mitxela · 1789938345 · focus · HN ↗

      You also get to add your own copyright since decompilation is also a creative enough process. There can be more than one copyright holder in a work.

      The main reason you'd avoid this is to stop the first copyright holder from wanting to sue you - not because it's actually invalid.

      1. shakna · 1789987539 · focus · HN ↗

         If what you committed was piracy, then no. It doesn't matter how creative you were. You only get rights, were first you had a right to use.

         If you are "significantly similar", you are probably infringing.

         Feel free to explore the myriad of precedent setting cases in the music remix community.

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