Why “copyrighted” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
It's not even that. The main thing is _publishing_ the decompilation. Doing the decompilation is fine. If I own a game I'm pretty sure I am (or should) be able to legally decomp…
by xyzsparetimexyz · Oct 28, 2026
Everyone in this thread arguing the legalese of what Aaron did vs what Anthropic did is missing the damn point. Yes, the exact crimes are not the same. Aaron was a vulnerable in…
by josh_p · Oct 28, 2026
Uses ACDC's copyrighted Dirty Deeds album cover image without attribution
by abstractspoon · Oct 28, 2026
The humanities being cheaper than STEM is irrelevant to this thread about Schwarz bulk-downloading a source of myriad copyrighted papers.
by TFNA · Oct 27, 2026
AI companies weren't buying up tons of unsold mass-market materials, and I think it's disingenuous to even make the comparison. What was going on recently was AI companies were…
by DonaldPShimoda · Oct 27, 2026
Do you have a citation for the claim that Schwartz was only copying "publicly funded research papers"? My understanding is that he was trying to pull all of JSTOR, which would b…
by TFNA · Oct 27, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "copyrighted" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "copyrighted" over time.
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. A copyright is subject to limitations based on public interest considerations, such as the fair use doctrine in the United States and fair dealing doctrine in the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia