Universal Monk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agoMeet the woman who put 50 million stolen articles online so you can read them for freewww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down11
arrow-up1724arrow-down1external-linkMeet the woman who put 50 million stolen articles online so you can read them for freewww.independent.co.ukUniversal Monk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareTrihilis@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down1·1 day agoWhen a regular person makes something available that shouldnt be behind a paywall to begin with it’s stealing. When a billionaire or company uses ai to gather data from paid sources or just straight out plagiarises it’s just maximising profits.
minus-squareFisch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 day agoHey hey hey, hold on just a second. It’s not called “maximizing profits”, we don’t do that! It’s called ✨innovation✨
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 hours agoUsing public information to create something new is not even a little the same as copying private information and then making it public.
When a regular person makes something available that shouldnt be behind a paywall to begin with it’s stealing. When a billionaire or company uses ai to gather data from paid sources or just straight out plagiarises it’s just maximising profits.
Hey hey hey, hold on just a second. It’s not called “maximizing profits”, we don’t do that! It’s called ✨innovation✨
disruption 🤌
democratization 🫡
Using public information to create something new is not even a little the same as copying private information and then making it public.