Can we have a discussion about this? Copy and pasting isn’t breaking copyright.

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1. >Copy and pasting isn’t breaking copyright.

   Wouldn’t that be a textbook example of copyright infringement?

2. What’s the context here?

3. It actually is.

4. > A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy…

   Copyright is literally the exclusive right to copy, ergo copy and pasting is breaking copyright.

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuxO6CZptck

6. I’m famous

7. It literally is.

8. Here’s a cool trick:

   Whenever a comment is removed, change the url from reddit.com to reveddit.com

   You’ll generally be able to see removed comments.

   Take this thread for example.

   Change https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/xzobg4/can_we_have_a_discussion_about_this_copy_and/

   To https://www.reveddit.com/r/ireland/comments/xzobg4/can_we_have_a_discussion_about_this_copy_and/

9. The was an official copyright claim made by an Irish news organisation against reddit for copying and pasting articles here. It is without any doubt copyright infringement

10. archive.today or 12ft.io links work for many (not all )- they mirror the article