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Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

He spoke carelessly, but he didn't exactly say what the author said he said. You can in fact do many things with it. Copyright doesn't care what you do if you aren't copying. That's the definition of the word.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So I can pirate as many movies as I want as long as I'm only watching them?

Let these rich guys keep talking for a sec. I can get behind this somewhat.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it's streamer making a copy. You're fine. Sharing is caring. Copyright is a mental illness.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Copyright is a mental illness

Well, I happen to have a great deal of respect for and routinely offer my support to those who suffer from mental illnesses, so maybe find a better way to say this that doesn't denigrate disabled people.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 months ago

I'm sorry but that's what illness means. It is not an identity.

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Isn't web scraping copying ?

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

No. It's only illegal if you republish what you scrape. Absolutely nothing prevents any company from scraping the web and using that information internally.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I think that depends how you write your web scraper. Of course the web scraper is going to load the page, just like your web browser does, which by all accounts is not an issue. What happens after the page is loaded depends on how the software is written.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Well see what the results of the music industry vs suno.ai will be

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

he gets paid a lot to not speak carelessly