> > It's not "derived" work in usual sense, it's "reverse-engineered" and this wording > > can be important, but I argue it would be a "remake" with its own copyright just > like > > if you get a camera and film Star Wars remake with your friends as actors, that's > > completely different than if you took camera and film the actual movie in theater. > > Sure it's derived. If I translate "The Shining" into Spanish, it's still Stephen > King's copyrighted work. That's all a static recompiler does: translate code into > another language.
A better example might be taking the soundtrack to Star Wars on reel-to-reel (which my friend's father actually had, btw) and converting it to MP3. It's the same "content" just the method of delivery is different. This does not give you copyright on the MP3s.
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