• @[email protected]
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    235 months ago

    Is it safe to assume that every single author (apart from the ones that cannot prove their works were in any of those archives at the time) can sue meta for plagiarism and theft?

    • NSRXN
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      65 months ago

      plagiarism is an academic crime, not a civil tort.

      • @[email protected]
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        135 months ago

        It’s a copyright violation to use someone’s work without permission. (Regardless of your feelings about copyright or intellectual property)

        • NSRXN
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          5 months ago

          plagiarism is neither a civil tort nor a criminal offense.

          • @[email protected]
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            65 months ago

            Back when I worked as a designer, using work without paying for usage rights leads to exposure of being civilly sued for copyright violations.

            You’re wrong. Confidently wrong.

            • NSRXN
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              25 months ago

              if you were sued civilly for copyright violations, that’s not plagiarism. That’s copyright infringement. plagiarism is something else.

                • NSRXN
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                  45 months ago

                  if I plagiarize The Bible, that has nothing to do with copyright. it’s still plagiarism.

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                    The Bible is well past the copyright period which IIRC is 70 years in America. The Bible is free use at this point. No different than the original Mickey Mouse which is also out of copyright protection. Or the Mona Lisa.

                    The fact that you reference the Bible of all books shows how unbelievably confidently incorrect you are. Are you chatgpt?

                • NSRXN
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                  35 months ago

                  no it’s not. it’s an academic crime.