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Re:I made an E-book compiling the best of r/personalfinance by bdcravens on Monday April 27, 2020 @04:31PM (#22999701)
Did he have the permission of either Reddit or the author of those comments?
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Re:I made an E-book compiling the best of r/personalfinance by bdcravens on Monday April 27, 2020 @04:35PM (#22999754)
It would seem it's not necessary:

"By submitting user content to reddit, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies, perform, or publicly display your user content in any medium and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do so. (emphasis mine)

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Re:I made an E-book compiling the best of r/personalfinance by detaro on Monday April 27, 2020 @04:36PM (#22999766)
> of either Reddit

they'd need at least.

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Re:I made an E-book compiling the best of r/personalfinance by bdcravens on Monday April 27, 2020 @04:38PM (#22999785)
True. After re-reading it, it's clear that I can't take content, but Reddit could authorize me to; Reddit's permission is still necessary.
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Re:I made an E-book compiling the best of r/personalfinance by Torwald on Monday April 27, 2020 @04:51PM (#22999894)
The question was not "it is right to take money" but, "why would OP come up with the idea of taking money".
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