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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The end of stackoverflow?
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 10:07:45 -0700
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On 5/10/2024 7:53 AM, Don wrote:
> It's feasible for the fine print of social sites similar to
> Stackoverflow to stipulate all rights to user content belong to the
> website owner. The quid pro quo is the owner's out-of-pocket expenses to
> host the site.
> 
> Everything comes at a price. And this perfectly illustrates why people
> absolutely must host their own websites in order to protect their
> rights.

Litigation is what will protect your rights; merely hosting a site
(that can be archived and reused at a later date by any number of
visitors) only controls what that site will PUBLISH at some instant
in time.

Can you prevent a 'bot from scraping your site and using that
content to "educate a visitor"?  *Train* an AI??