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Bullshit. You can look up all works up for free online. What a sorry argument. Copyrighted means you can’t reproduce it, not not look at it.

• callalex 3y ago
  There’s probably an argument against my point, but this sure ain’t it. I can watch every Disney movie for free on the internet, but that doesn’t make it legal.
  • Timwi 3y ago
    It's legal in Germany. What's illegal here is unauthorized distribution. Downloading a copy of something from a public server cannot get you in trouble here. Only publishing does.
    • V__ 3y ago
      It's not and never was. In 2008 it even got raised from a civil to a criminal offense. It's a common misconception because it is more lucrative to go after people that also upload/publish due to higher possible damages.
  • mortureb 3y ago
    For the most part we’re talking about static images here, atleast for the current state of LLMs and those are all freely viewable online.