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by shkkmo 897 days ago
Your browser displays a verbatim copy. We don't hold browsers responsible for any copyright violation performed by its user, even though the browser makes a local cache of the content and supports tools that strip ads from that content. We hold the users of the tool responsible, not the tool itself. ChatGPT is a tool, not a media platform.

> The funny fact that you have to enter some magic words into a form on their website in order for their site to regurgitate entire article texts does not change anything;

Yes it does. The degree to which a tool is designed to facilitate or prevent piracy definitely is going to impact fair use arguments.

Under your rudimentary explanation of the issue, the Internet Archive would not be allowed to store and serve reproductions of articles.