• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      7 months ago

      No, it’s only theft when it’s poor people doing it.

      When it’s rich people, it’s fair use of a publicly available resource.

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      7 months ago

      That’s pretty much the whole point.

      Making use of other people’s work and likeness in a way that removes any obligations you would normally have to those people.

      Just clearly define “copyright violation” for them, and they’ll craft a method that technically eludes your definition.

    • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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      7 months ago

      And traumatizing developing countries labor with what the internet has of most terrible.