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by tavavex 944 days ago
Who decided that they should have the power to rule over this? Not only does it appear to be legal, but deciding that dataset compilation is inherently immoral and consent-violating would represent a draconian expansion of IP law that almost no individual should agree to. If I perform statistical research and count the most common English words based on many books, should I be liable to go and ask every author if they're okay with me analyzing their works? If I see a thousand character designs and then pick up some cues and ideas to create my own, should I pay a licensing fee?
1 comments

You stretching my words in so many directions... Relax, its just a comment, no need to feel vindicated.