Post Au7Wc3wGZKE5O2RFc8 by brozu@mastodon.uno
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(DIR) Post #Au7ETim3ZnBwFoXIAK by brozu@mastodon.uno
2025-05-15T09:16:48Z
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In 2010, #AaronSwartz downloaded 70 GB of articles from JSTOR. He faced a $1 million fine and 35 years in prison➡️ Aaron took his own life in 2013.#Meta illegally downloaded over 80 terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train its #AI models➡️ facing no consequences.Information is power, knowledge is power. Beware and fight against those who want to keep you ignorant, unaware, and misinformed.#digitalrights #openknowledge #opendata #privacy
(DIR) Post #Au7FAQCqUGQB7QQYuu by meeper@shitposter.world
2025-05-15T10:53:21.956035Z
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@brozu It's also myopic to think that every other provider didn't train on such info.Add to that the privacy invasions of Microsoft and Google.Meta at least decides to release their weights so they are like one (in a million) points better.Nonetheless it's quite asinine that they do this unpunished
(DIR) Post #Au7USozqYRY4WtZxmS by stux@mstdn.social
2025-05-15T13:44:35Z
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@brozu I get youhttps://mstdn.social/@stux/113974665364673502
(DIR) Post #Au7WINzyHGHroEmz0i by brozu@mastodon.uno
2025-05-15T14:05:10Z
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@stux Just check others comment, you're too late It was a comment about not this toot, but all tweets, posts, and text found on the web. Is not an unique post. The source is compromised by this. My2cents are the comments below.
(DIR) Post #Au7WSWKw8CCiZ7QasS by stux@mstdn.social
2025-05-15T14:07:01Z
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@brozu Oh I bet!I do not expect you to cite anything, just letting know we're on the same page mate :cat_hug_triangle: No need to feel attacked
(DIR) Post #Au7Wc3wGZKE5O2RFc8 by brozu@mastodon.uno
2025-05-15T14:08:41Z
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@stux No problem friend. I'm the one who feels embarrassed: I always cite sources, I feel uncomfortable.
(DIR) Post #Au7WgrANU2zDDoKDLM by stux@mstdn.social
2025-05-15T14:09:37Z
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@brozu I had the same issue with my post 😉 It's not always possible indeed, but luckily the Fedi often steps up and adds links to make it complete :blobcathearts: Together we're getting there!
(DIR) Post #Au7fedXs3S7Rz8KWvo by 7666@comp.lain.la
2025-05-15T15:49:03.352603Z
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@brozu Yeah well prosecuting Meta is an implicit acceptance of the prosecution of Aaron Swartz, so maybe this isn't the post you think it is.
(DIR) Post #Au7idH62Kk3VvxLwvY by brozu@mastodon.uno
2025-05-15T16:17:42Z
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@7666 I understand your reasoning and it's easy to fall into this trap, but it's not. The post is one-sided, while your logical deduction is more complex.Prosecuting Meta doesn't imply accepting Aaron Swartz's prosecution. Different contexts and intentions mean different legal and moral considerations, but the fact that one was persecuted for an ethical purpose and the other isn't, despite lacking a moral purpose, clarifies that I'm not comparing what you inferred.I don't know if it's clear.
(DIR) Post #Au7idIT7EQ6wBp9tXU by 7666@comp.lain.la
2025-05-15T16:22:27.579340Z
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@brozu I've had this argument before on here that "Information should be free" means *anybody* can access that information, including people (or corporations) you don't like.I don't WANT to defend shitty, society destroying advertising companies (since that's all Meta really is), but free does indeed mean free. As soon as restrictions are put in place, it's not free by definition anymore, and therefore is an implicit pro-copyright statement as that's the usual enforcement mechanism today absent freedom.Idealism often clashes with realism as realism requires balance and nuance whereas idealism requires absolutes.
(DIR) Post #Au7jdNZwKfZtzaxC3E by brozu@mastodon.uno
2025-05-15T16:30:10Z
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@7666 Maybe I'm not really understanding what you mean, but in general it seems to be in line with what I think and I don't understand the correlation with what was said before. Sorry, I think it's my problem of comprehension in this case.
(DIR) Post #Au7jdOmjqZPTjZwvdg by 7666@comp.lain.la
2025-05-15T16:33:44.884028Z
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@brozu It's an observation of the general hypocrisy that *now* people are okay with copyright protections since a company is doing bad things with "pirated" data. They want to have their "pirated" data without it being available to everyone, which is sort of the point of "piracy".A "have your cake and eat it too" situation I continually find odd. Not many people seem to realize the connection. I get the sentiment, it's just that the ideal is being trodden upon for short term gains to counter an admittedly malicious entity.