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Re:Reddit founders made hundreds of fake profiles so site lo... by RobotToaster on Sunday June 11, 2023 @06:21PM (#36286322)
Wouldn't that mean it would be down to the individual users who still own each bit of content to issue a DMCA takedown if they objected?

I imagine the number of such requests would be small.

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Re:Reddit founders made hundreds of fake profiles so site lo... by lelandfe on Sunday June 11, 2023 @06:29PM (#36286385)
Posting that you’re going to be “using Reddit data to pre-seed the content” may make it a bit harder to dodge Reddit in court.
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Re:Reddit founders made hundreds of fake profiles so site lo... by scosman on Sunday June 11, 2023 @06:57PM (#36286592)
Ah. The old “I did so much copyright violation it would be infeasible for everyone I took content from to enforce” defence. I see nothing that could go wrong.
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