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minus-squareMoogleMaestro@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoCompanies need to stop ignoring copyright on data they don’t own and never have owned.
minus-squareFaceDeer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoThere is nothing against copyright law to read data that a person has put online in a public, unrestricted manner for the purpose of having it be read.
minus-squareanlumo@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoShort messages usually aren’t creative enough to be protected by copyright. Exceptions might be poems and similar texts.
minus-squareBitOneZero@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago“Terms of service” checkmarks are their reality
Companies need to stop ignoring copyright on data they don’t own and never have owned.
There is nothing against copyright law to read data that a person has put online in a public, unrestricted manner for the purpose of having it be read.
What specific data are you referring to?
Short messages usually aren’t creative enough to be protected by copyright. Exceptions might be poems and similar texts.
“Terms of service” checkmarks are their reality