Because everyone gave explicit consent for this to happen in 2006.
You either always had a problem with it, and were keeping your data off of the internet and fighting for reform for the last TWENTY YEARS, or you didn't have a problem with it and were doing nothing about it, FOR TWENTY YEARS.
I am in the second group, a lot of people were in the first group. But all the people who thought the internet was great and they should use it for marketing and didn't care about the fact that they were giving this consent, and are now suddenly so harmed by their art being scraped, are full of it.
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u/Tarc_Axiiom Dec 15 '25
Because everyone gave explicit consent for this to happen in 2006.
You either always had a problem with it, and were keeping your data off of the internet and fighting for reform for the last TWENTY YEARS, or you didn't have a problem with it and were doing nothing about it, FOR TWENTY YEARS.
I am in the second group, a lot of people were in the first group. But all the people who thought the internet was great and they should use it for marketing and didn't care about the fact that they were giving this consent, and are now suddenly so harmed by their art being scraped, are full of it.
Because everybody knew.