Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.

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    5 months ago

    There is no copyright on publicly posted messages.

    Edit none that is durable

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      5 months ago

      Sure there is, most messages are probably too short but in general yes. There is no difference to an online article.

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        5 months ago

        There is no evidence you have any durable rights to your comments on Lemmy. It’s hosted on someone else’s machine and they have complete control.