Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites: experts(niemanlab.org)
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HN Discussion:
  • ↑Questions legal validity of Meta's licensing since publishers may not own rights to sublicense content
  • ↑Sarcastically mocks Meta's clever legal maneuvering through Terms of Service
  • ↑Suspects Meta is already scraping and this just provides retroactive legal cover
  • ↑Requiring licenses from partners undermines broader AI industry argument that no license is needed
  • •Questions geographic scope and legality under European law