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Technically, search engines scraping content are doing illegal reproduction of copyrighted works, it's just tolerated by the copyright owners (but not all of th
by rvnx 3y ago
Technically, search engines scraping content are doing illegal reproduction of copyrighted works, it's just tolerated by the copyright owners (but not all of them tolerate that; news websites for example).
- shadowgovt 3y agoIt's not even clear it's illegal; generally, the legality is in the use, not the copying of the data. ... But the easiest way to shortcut all of those thorny open questions is to go through the front door with a big sack of cash and an explicit agreement on how the data will be harvested and what it will be used for.
- gruez 3y ago>Technically, search engines scraping content are doing illegal reproduction of copyrighted works I thought it was ruled to be fair use? eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_v._Google,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_v._Google,_Inc.