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Google tries to defend its Web Environment Integrity (techreport.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it's a lot at stake.

Google basically says "Trust us". What a joke.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Scraping itself is not illegal. It's not until an AI generates a copyrighted IP that it becomes an issue.

It's like if I were trying to start an art business. You come to me and ask me to draw a princess. I've never seen a princess before, so I go online and look up images of princesses to get an idea what to draw. I go back to the studio and draw you a picture of Snow White.

Me looking up princess images is fine. It's only when I sell a Disney® IP without their permission that it becomes illegal. And, even then, it's a civil matter, not criminal.