broadenandbuild t1_j4vr2kd wrote on January 18, 2023 at 4:32 PM

Reply to comment by chocoduck in Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content by nick7566

Good thing scraping isn’t illegal

leroy_hoffenfeffer t1_j4vv3of wrote on January 18, 2023 at 4:57 PM

Scraping URLs is not illegal, no.

Taking those URLs and downloading the images on/in those URLs is a different story though. Collecting URLs is benign. Extracting information from those URLs may not be though.

broadenandbuild t1_j4w02gx wrote on January 18, 2023 at 5:27 PM

It’s also not illegal to scrape the content of a site if said content is accessible to the public

leroy_hoffenfeffer t1_j4w0ixj wrote on January 18, 2023 at 5:30 PM

We'll see how that plays out legally wirh respect to artwork.

Just because that's how things function currently doesn't mean it's going to end up being legal to do so in the future.

broadenandbuild t1_j4w3eyo wrote on January 18, 2023 at 5:47 PM

You’re right about that. I’d think the internet ought to be treated like a public road, if things are intentionally made to be viewed in public than people are at liberty to record it. But, that may not be the case

chocoduck t1_j4wj0jt wrote on January 18, 2023 at 7:22 PM

People are downvoting me but this is the fun content generating AI. Realistically, bots will scrape us and craft custom ads to fit your personality and likes.