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Legal Versus Ethical: Web Scraping Edition

Webbiquity

However, the legality and ethics of using these tools for data collection are often overlooked. Not paying attention to these aspects of web scraping could lead to serious ethical controversies and lawsuits. Copyrighted material. Ethics of web scraping. Web scraping: An overview. Illegal access and use of data.

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AI ethics: How marketers should embrace innovation responsibly

Sprout Social

Although it has sparked excitement and enthusiasm, there are concerns surrounding the ethics of AI. And with works like Parable of the Sower, the Machine and I, Robot within the cultural zeitgeist, it’s understandable why sci-fi fans, researchers and technologists alike warn of the dangers of ignoring AI ethics. What are AI ethics?

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Is It Plagiarism or Jumping on a Trend? The Ethics of Social Media Content

Contently

Here are four tips to help you build better content creation practices by getting inspired and taking inspiration from others—without crossing any ethical lines. LinkedIn and Facebook , for example, allow users to report posts that infringe on content copyrights. The Ethics of Social Media Content appeared first on Contently.

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Stolen Thought Leadership / The Ethics of Aggregating Content (alt title: Stolen Goods: The Dangers of Plagiarized Content)

Contently

In 1709 the British parliament ratified the Statute of Anne, the world’s first copyright act that granted book publishers exclusive rights to their content for an initial 14 years. Last month Google processed its five-billionth takedown request from copyright holders. Only four were original content. One was deleted.

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AI Copyright Infringement: People vs. Machines

CMSWire

Should we penalize a chatbot for doing what all human beings do? Continue reading.

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How to Legally and Ethically Curate Content

Scoop.it

But as with most content marketing strategies, there’s a fine line between what’s legal/ethical and what’s not. First, content curation isn’t plagiarism, scraping, or copyright violation—or shouldn’t be,” entrepreneur Tim Parker writes. “If Like any other creative work, digital content is protected by certain copyright laws.

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OpenAI’s Media Manager Tool: Empowerment of AI Learning.   

Valasys

This AI-powered platform looks to grant creatives the means to derail the AI training process so they can enjoy this new-found position of control within their copyright realms. This allows OpenAI to address the oneness of the copyright disputes and the misuse of AI-generated texts. Let’s take a proactive approach to the future.

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