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How gray of an area is 'technically unsanctioned bot posts article content as a comment on the HN submission page'?
by uoaei 3y ago
How gray of an area is 'technically unsanctioned bot posts article content as a comment on the HN submission page'?
- mschuster91 3y agoThat would expose the bot's operator to some massive liability, and I'd guess the mods would boot it with the first DMCA claim coming in.
- uoaei 3y agoSurely the HN moderators are not legally obligated to chase rogue bots on multiple usernames for unrelated third parties. It wouldn't be "spammy" so they'd have no need to react to it for their own moderation duties. The DMCA claims seem thin in any case especially considering SCOTUS's reaffirmation of Section 230. I don't think iterating through hypothetical legal arguments is very useful without the attendant analysis.