Reddit says Microsoft’s Bing, Anthropic, and Perplexity have scraped its data without permission. “It has been a real pain in the ass to block these companies.”

Reddit says Microsoft’s Bing, Anthropic, and Perplexity have scraped its data without permission. “It has been a real pain in the ass to block these companies.”

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    3 months ago

    Part of the ToS. Whatever you put on there is effectively theirs. Same with Facebook and your photos etc.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Whatever you put on there is effectively theirs.

      I would so love if companies that had decided they own/can sell the data users published lost section 230 protection. Oh, this is your data? I guess you don’t need to be protected against the data users post if it’s your data now.

    • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      And whatever you put on a public accessible webpage is effectively anyone’s who makes a get request.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      No you cannot transfer copyright with ToS agreements just give license for reddit to use your copyright.