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I know there are other ways of accomplishing that, but this might be a convenient way of doing it. I’m wondering though if Reddit is still reverting these changes?

  • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
    521·
    8 months ago

    And if you think Lemmy is any different, guess again

    Lemmy is different, in that the data is not being sold to anyone. Instead, the data is available to anyone.

    It’s kind of like open source software. Nobody can buy it, cause it’s open and free to be used by anyone. Nobody profits off of it more than anyone else - nobody has an advantage over anyone else.

    Open source levels the playing field by making useful code available to everyone. You can think of comments and posts on the Fediverse in the same way - nobody can buy that data, because it’s open and free to be used by anyone. Nobody profits off of it more than anyone else and nobody has an advantage over anyone else (after all, everyone has access to the same data).

    The only problem is if you’re okay with your data being out there and available in this way… but if you’re not, you probably shouldn’t be on the internet at all.

    • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      If the post is creative then it’s automatically copyrighted in many countries. That doesn’t stop people collecting it and using it to train ML (yet).

      • asret@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Copyright has little to say in regards to training models - it’s the published output that matters.