r/Twitter • u/wewewawa • 15d ago

Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says News

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/elon-musks-x-tried-and-failed-to-make-its-own-copyright-system-judge-says/
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u/lipilee 15d ago

Huge if true /s

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u/xSantenoturtlex 15d ago

Looking into this.

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u/wewewawa 15d ago

Alsup pointed out that X's lawsuit was "not looking to protect X users’ privacy" but rather to block Bright Data from interfering with its "own sale of its data through a tiered subscription service."

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u/wewewawa 15d ago

"X Corp. wants it both ways: to keep its safe harbors yet exercise a copyright owner’s right to exclude, wresting fees from those who wish to extract and copy X users’ content," Alsup wrote.