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Well, there is precedence: Google can scrape the web, but you can't scrape Google. Laws around compiled databases exist for a reason: you can't just copy the ph
by akrymski 3mo ago
Well, there is precedence: Google can scrape the web, but you can't scrape Google. Laws around compiled databases exist for a reason: you can't just copy the phone book if effort has gone into compiling it, it is itself copyrightable
- p_l 3mo agoAnd funnily enough, most laws about compiled databases might not apply, for one. And then there's new updates related to AI that fully take out LLMs from protection.
- philipkglass 3mo agoThat varies by jurisdiction. In the United States, copying the phone book (or otherwise copying facts from someone else's collection) has been legal since 1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc._v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc._v._Ru....
- anigbrowl 3mo agoThis is the opposite of legal reality, at least as far as the US is concerned.