Universal Monk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 month agoMeet the woman who put 50 million stolen articles online so you can read them for freewww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1767arrow-down10
arrow-up1767arrow-down1external-linkMeet the woman who put 50 million stolen articles online so you can read them for freewww.independent.co.ukUniversal Monk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-square@Trihilis@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish78•1 month 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-square@Fisch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish42•1 month agoHey hey hey, hold on just a second. It’s not called “maximizing profits”, we don’t do that! It’s called ✨innovation✨
minus-squareUlrichlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month 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.