Comment on Lemmy instances that are focused on mirroring Reddit content?

vintprox@kbin.melroy.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• rglullis@communick.news ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The better question would be whether this constitutes fair-use. Because it’s certainly not stealing.

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  • vintprox@kbin.melroy.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TINLA: factors for fair use don't seem to align, though.

    • Such use does not characterize commentary, parody, etc. and is not transformative.
    • Post may prove to be substantial on its own, especially if it's an art piece.
    • Most of the work (individual post) or crucial parts being used.
    • Since there is most likely no thorough link to the author's website or profile, they lose the audience - nobody will go to look up the same post twice, not on Reddit especially.

    About that last point: solvable by manually gathering authors' links or making a hyperlink to respective Reddit profiles.

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    • rglullis@communick.news ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Adding a link to the original profile is quite easy and it would help alleviate the issue.

      Also, keeping in mind that one of the goals of such a tool is to get people on reddit to be aware of the alternatives… the easiest way to let people on reddit to file a claim and/or to remove copy they don’t want copyrighted would be to let simply let they taking over their mirrored instance by proving they own their reddit account. And if this tools becomes popular enough to the point that redditors start signing up to the fediverse because the copied instance is getting significant viewership, then mission. fucking. accomplished.

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      • vintprox@kbin.melroy.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It does not merit a verification of the author, when you hold their content encaged somewhere they did not approve yet. You say it's to increase registrations on Fediverse and for the brighter future, but please remember to deal with this ethically. Creator deserves to know first that your mirror (or whatever ends up being) intends to seek engagement with their piece.

        Linking to original, as you propose, is an aftermath. Asking for consent and delaying repost is not a rocket science, either.

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