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minus-square@LaterRedditorlink3•8 months agoWhat are our rights with posts on lemmy? Can AI companies just scrape the data?
minus-squareVeraxuslink23•8 months agoIf it is publicly accessible, then yes, they scrape the data. This is literally how search engines have worked since damn near the inception of the internet.
minus-square@SacrificedBeanslink12•8 months agoRobots.txt is a compliance standard afaik, more like an advisory guide. It cannot enforce bans on scrapers, it sets some polite boundaries for the website.
What are our rights with posts on lemmy? Can AI companies just scrape the data?
If it is publicly accessible, then yes, they scrape the data.
This is literally how search engines have worked since damn near the inception of the internet.
Wasn’t there robots.txt at least?
Robots.txt is a compliance standard afaik, more like an advisory guide. It cannot enforce bans on scrapers, it sets some polite boundaries for the website.
There was, and still is
They can, and they do.