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Is it in bad taste to take content directly from Reddit/Stack exchange? (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by Sal@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I would like to make a community dedicated to posting interesting science questions that have been asked and answered in other sites.

The post would be a copy of the question and the comments would be copies of the answers that were found to be interesting - always with the username attribution and the link to the original post.

With this format, users would not need to leave the site, and it is easy to discuss the answers directly in the comments.

But I have my doubts about whether this is appropriate, as I think that it might be copyright infringement.

So, what do people in Lemmy think? Would this format be blatant theft and wrong? Perfectly reasonable? Somewhere in between?

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[–] kromonos@fapsi.be 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, I have to disappoint you. Copyright infringement also matters when private individuals are affected. E.g. when a private person uses CreativeCommons, MIT, or GPL license. CreativeCommons is mostly used for text.
In addition, you need to read the TOS of the platform to see if they do not take the rights, as Facebook does, for example.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] kromonos@fapsi.be 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And I'm running several lawsuits against individuals because of copyright infringements. So it definitely matters enough.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't you say an established artist with a recognizable product name and a formal presence with your own website for your products puts you in a different class than a regular individual?

Don't sell yourself short.

[–] kromonos@fapsi.be 1 points 2 years ago

I would say so too, if it was more than just a hobby. Nevertheless, anybody can add the Creative Commons license to their work as long as it is their own work.
Hobby bloggers like to make this their own. But I understand the point you're making.