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you're infringing HN users' copyright (and possible other rights as well), as they haven't granted you a license to copy, store and republish their content
by GeoAtreides 23d ago
you're infringing HN users' copyright (and possible other rights as well), as they haven't granted you a license to copy, store and republish their content
- Melatonic 23d agoDidn't realise everything I posted online was copyrighted by default
- TheBicPen 23d agoAny creative work you create is copyrighted by default as soon as it is recorded onto some medium, at least in the US. https://www.copyright.gov/what-is-copyright/ https://www.copyright.gov/what-is-copyright/
- Melatonic 22d agoInteresting. Maybe I'm thinking of "registration" in regards to copyright which is talked about in that link.
- 8note 23d agothey certainly havr given that license otherwise my browser could not make reproductions and store caches
- GeoAtreides 23d agothey have granted a licence to HN (and YC-affiliated companies), not anyone else. It's that licence that permits HN, and HN only, to send users' content to your browser
- xigoi 23d agoSo if someone uses a VPN to access Hacker News, the VPN is infringing copyright?
- GeoAtreides 23d agoTransient copies of user data, in traffic, memory or caches, are protected by the copyright law, so there is no infringing.
- sillysaurusx 23d agoSome further analysis that argues this is fair use: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440395 There's also going to be an opt-out feature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49439657 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49439657
- TaLiTr 22d agoNobody should have those rights. Copyright has been a disaster for the human race.