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Would Reddit also be open to paying the people who created all that content?
by mattcantstop 3y ago
Would Reddit also be open to paying the people who created all that content?
- hezralig 3y agoWhy would they be obligated to when users opt-in to giving up rights? The ToS that appears when creating an account dictates Reddit's ownership of every comment posted.
- bootlooped 3y agoI don't think LLM companies need permission to scrape Reddit. It's ironic because Reddit is basically saying "you can't profit off user content for free, that's what we're doing!"
- hezralig 3y agoIs it the case that companies are allowed to scrape data for profit under US law? I was aware of the LinkedIn ruling setting a precedent for scraping public facing data, however, I wasn't sure if it applied within any scopes.
- hansvm 3y ago(not a lawyer, not legal advice) The Supreme Court determined that the CFAA doesn't apply in a particular way to scraping public data. You're still probably in hot water if you violate copyright or other laws, and you're still probably in hot water (as in the LinkedIn case) if you also scrape non-public data.
- ChatGTP 3y agoExcept that’s not what’s going on because they pay millions or more in busting fees and staff ?
- twelve40 3y agothey don't have to (although Twitter for example hinted at such an arrangement) because all those people came voluntarily and signed a tos, and reddit didn't just steal that data from them.