Re:Spain Fines Facebook Over Tracking Users Without Consent
by kevmo on Thursday September 14, 2017 @05:47PM
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The mere fact that <X> was damaged because <Y> happened doesn't necessarily mean Y was a bad thing. We live in a dynamic world, and society reshapes itself constantly.
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Re:Spain Fines Facebook Over Tracking Users Without Consent
by SilasX on Thursday September 14, 2017 @06:25PM
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Right -- legitimate competition and recognized Fair Use [1] could do the same the the same thing, and (at least in the US) simply reading off newspaper headlines isn't considered a copyright violation.
The question is whether they did something illegal that hurt their industry.
[1] I know, different legal system but whatever their equivalent is