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?”
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.
I can’t care less about copyright and ‘crimes’ of copying.
I guess you never created an original of anything? Maybe I read that wrong…
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.
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
I don’t care about laws or legality, and neither should you.
