They frame it as though it’s for user content, more likely it’s to train AI, but in fact it gives them the right to do almost anything they want - up to (but not including) stealing the content outright.

  • esc27@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Am I missing something? To me this just seems like standard legalese to avoid petty lawsuits. The derivative works clause even give transcription as an example.

    The moral objection part seems more strange but maybe it has something to do with playlists or tagging.

    • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Yes, you’re missing the fact that every service that has made this kind of update has gone on to abuse it. Hell, at this point it’s just factual to say that EVERY service update from ANY data collecting service will be used to fuck you over.