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So Meta borrowed every book from a library and paid to obtain all of the movies and TV shows? They kept only one copy of every book at any time on their system?
by triceratops 2y ago
So Meta borrowed every book from a library and paid to obtain all of the movies and TV shows? They kept only one copy of every book at any time on their system?
Because I'm certainly not allowed to photocopy a library book in its entirety. And I guarantee you a Netflix subscription doesn't allow me to keep a copy of a movie on my hard drive and use it for training man or machine.
- throwawaymaths 2y ago> Because I'm certainly not allowed to photocopy a library book in its entirety. IANAL but that probably falls under fair use? You'll get in trouble if you photocopy the work and sell access to it.
- 3036e4 2y agoDepends on where you live. In Sweden you can make a few copies of almost anything without violating copyright. There are a few exceptions. Copying entire books was added as an exception in 2005. You can still copy parts of a book. How large parts? I don't know, but I once asked for a copy from a library and they said that a few chapters was fine, so maybe that much (I am not a lawyer).
- triceratops 2y ago> but that probably falls under fair use? I've not found case law for that. I've had this same argument on HN multiple times over the past few months.