please cite that for me, if you have 3 seconds.
commie
joined 1 year ago
I'd say it is immoral not to share useful information with other people.
Just like theft, rape and murder…
except that sometimes those are statutory. fair use claims cannot be statutory.
no such thing as a civil crime. you are thinking of a tort.
You asked if it’s moral
I did not
right. so hiring 50 college kids to manually visit every page and cache it for study is fine.
Just because a court hasn't yet deemed that specific action illegal doesn't mean it's not illegal when you do it. Doesn't matter if the crime is theft, rape, murder, etc.
theft rape and murder are criminal matters. copyright is civil, and, yes, the courts can adjudicate every individual case.
the assumption has to be they don't intend this
why? if someone publishes something on port 80, why should I ever assume they mean anything but for me to have and use that data?
You are taking advantage of that good will by using the content for purposes not intended. That is a moral failing.
only if there were so e sort of agreement about what the acceptable uses are and what is not acceptable.
They've given you knowledge/ material in their possession free of charge.
this is a very common human activity
If you aren't paying them you are being provided a service.
if you ARE paying them, you're being provided a service, too
so where do these say my use is not fair use?