Universal Monk to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 days agoMeet the woman who put 50 million stolen articles online so you can read them for freewww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1760arrow-down11
arrow-up1759arrow-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 • 5 days agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-square@Trihilis@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish78•5 days 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.delinkfedilinkEnglish41•5 days 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•5 days 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.