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Available doesn't excuse anything. I don't know why people say it like it matters. When CBS lets you watch a show on their web site, even for free and anonymou
by Brian_K_White 2y ago
Available doesn't excuse anything. I don't know why people say it like it matters.
When CBS lets you watch a show on their web site, even for free and anonymously, they still own the show and did not grant you any right to re-distribute or re-use it.
What AIs do is also not fair use, because that isn't just about the size of a quote but about usage. A discussion is fair use, excerpting simply to pluck a cherry and present it as your own is not.
- ErikBjare 2y agoNot a lawyer, but my (possibly poor) understanding was that courts were leaning towards it indeed being fair use?
- Brian_K_White 2y agoSongs are copyrighted over the equivalent of a mere few bytes. I shall write a book titled "The wizdom of BKW", and it will contain merely a single sentence plucked from many other famous and deeply insightful authors. Not a discussion or examination of them, and not even credited to any of them. The book will look like you asked me for advice and insights into human nature and philosophy, and all these gems of insight are my direct answer. No single quote will be more than a sentence or two. A teeny tiny fraction of the 400-page books they came from. I don't care if any law currently recognizes that as wrong, it is wrong.