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by torginus 1033 days ago
US copyright/IP management is such a shitsh*w. On one hand you can get sued by patent trolls who own the patent for 'button that turns things on' or get your video delisted for recording at a mall where some copyrighted music is playing in the background, on the other hand, you get people arguing that scraping code and websites with proprietary licences is 'fair use'
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To me it’s been clear for a while: copyright is a fiction which has outlived its usefulness.