Isn’t web scraping copying ?
Comment on Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web
orcrist@lemm.ee 5 days ago
He spoke carelessly, but he didn’t exactly say what the author said he said. You can in fact do many things with it. Copyright doesn’t care what you do if you aren’t copying. That’s the definition of the word.
red_pigeon@lemm.ee 5 days ago
masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
No. It’s only illegal if you republish what you scrape. Absolutely nothing prevents any company from scraping the web and using that information internally.
orcrist@lemm.ee 4 days ago
I think that depends how you write your web scraper. Of course the web scraper is going to load the page, just like your web browser does, which by all accounts is not an issue. What happens after the page is loaded depends on how the software is written.
Evotech@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Well see what the results of the music industry vs suno.ai will be
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 4 days ago
he gets paid a lot to not speak carelessly
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 5 days ago
So I can pirate as many movies as I want as long as I’m only watching them?
Let these rich guys keep talking for a sec. I can get behind this somewhat.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Yes, it’s streamer making a copy. You’re fine. Sharing is caring. Copyright is a mental illness.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Well, I happen to have a great deal of respect for and routinely offer my support to those who suffer from mental illnesses, so maybe find a better way to say this that doesn’t denigrate disabled people.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I’m sorry but that’s what illness means. It is not an identity.