• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      12 hours ago

      It is stealing in the same way that profits are stolen labor. The AI company stole the labor of those who prepared the summaries without compensation then, used what they obtained to directly compete.

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        12 hours 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.

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          11 hours 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).