One of the reasons that today’s copyright is such a bad fit for the modern digital world is that its roots lie deep in 18th-century law and analogue objects like books. This fact has created a kind…
  • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)English
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    3 hours ago

    The symbols would be copyrighted, but the actual behind-the-scenes value (i.e. 20/100, 62.5/1200, etc) isn’t. That’s what they’re referring to.

    • notfromhere@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I mean what if you didn’t use 20/100 for the value, you used a symbol (in the code as the value). Would it still apply?