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Are we doing crimes when scrapping data online? For example public available music? (jeferson.me)
submitted 3 months ago by Shin@piefed.social to c/programming@programming.dev
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I'm trying to get to a reason on this, but my point reach to a limit.

I've the feels that scraping the internet for public accessible data, like for example open and public music on Spotify wouldn't be a crime, but the distribution would be. At the same token, this is seem as a crime, while Google does the same and nothing happens, even worse, if this get regulated, Google would have a huge advantage on anyone else.

So, my deeper question is: "Is copyright dead?"

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[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 1 points 3 months ago

no, in almost all cases internet piracy is not a crime. it is a civil issue. now if you were scraping information that wasn't public, that could be a crime depending on the circumstances.

[–] esc@piefed.social -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't care less about copyright and 'crimes' of copying.

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I guess you never created an original of anything? Maybe I read that wrong..

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've written more than one piece of software, and plenty of wordpress themes. I always release them without a license, for anyone to use however they want. copyright is capitalist nonsense and only exists to gatekeep creative freedom and stifle innovation.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

you should release it as public domain; unfortunately others can't "legally" use anything just because they have access to it (no license).

yeah, it's absolutely stupid capitalist theater

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 1 points 3 months ago

I don't care about laws or legality, and neither should you.

[–] esc@piefed.social -2 points 3 months ago

I did, obtaining a monopoly on it would go counter my beliefs. Anyway originality is overrated and very hard to measure. Especially now.