: "One of the factors for whether something falls into the category of "fair use" is how the use affects commercial markets for the original. If similar uses typically require paid license agreements, then this use is implicitly less fair."

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One of the factors for whether something falls into the category of "fair use" is how the use affects commercial markets for the original. If similar uses typically require paid license agreements, then this use is implicitly less fair.

Jun 19, 2024 at 23:20 UTC

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social
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I can see arguments for "they're not that similar. We're not licensing *text*, which we insist is usable as-is; we're just licensing easy access + metadata not publicly available." …for that to work, the licenses would need to be written that way, and I doubt they are.

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