• NSRXN@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    since the defendant is also a capitalist firm, I can see the similarities, but if someone were to simply be liberating the information, I don’t see that as stealing.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      9 days ago

      I agree with you there. Context is what makes it theft and using the stolen data to attempt to directly compete with the source is where the actual harm occurs.

      In a scenario where the source of the data is not being harmed, it’s hard to think of it as theft (data/information wants to be free).

    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org
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      8 days ago

      That’s basically what the judge said as well. The AI firm tried to create a market alternative, aka they wanted to compete, and that was the main issue why this is not free use