Oh, this is good: Microsoft waives its copyright on anything it publishes on the web.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24188391/microsoft-ai-suleyman-social-contract-freeware
Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, has a curious idea about how copyright works. He incorrectly claimed the moment you publish anything on the open web, it becomes “freeware” that anyone can freely copy and use.
Oh wait, industry does love psychos 
I'm not a fan of modern copyright law, but the double standards here are disgusting.
Tech giants think they decide when the laws they lobby governments for apply and when they don't.
@aral so now we can use Microsofts software for free it seems
It's so awful how these big techs just do whatever they want with so little regard for anything or anyone
LOL. 🤦
Microsoft’s AI boss ... 🙄
... one might think too, that any car which is parked or used on a public road is free to be used by anyone 🤪 ...?
So how does one interpret this little glyph at the lower-right of a Microsoft web page?
Current law has it that observers of the Berne Convention (all but about six nations) recognize a copyright in a work at the moment it is fixed in a tangible medium (like a computer's memory or other storage). In the US (at least) adding the notice means nothing, except that you can ask for attorneys fees in addition to damages when you sue for infringement.
My guess? Microsoft is going to ask courts to see that notice as meaning more on the web.
Watch your tokus.
Perhaps it stands for "Customer," who is entrapped by MS.
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