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Tech Bro Hypocrisy # 451 : Consent
“If you make something freely available on the web, we can take it and do whatever we like with it.”
– Oh, so I can just take your company’s logo and the copy from your site and use it? Download your app and redistribute it?…
“No, those are protected by trademarks, copyright, and licenses.”

#consent #tech #technology #techbros #bigtech #siliconvalley #peoplefarmers #optin #optout #hypocrisy #copyright #trademarks #licenses

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Aral Balkan · @aral
31861 followers · 21878 posts · Server mastodon.ar.al

Folks in Silicon Valley: We’re so glad some poor schmuck created Mastodon on his own dime and time while we were making mint festering the Twitters of the world. Isn’t it great? We’re really enjoying it… Now, how do we enclose, exploit, and monetise the shit out of this thing?

#douchebags #billionaire #vc #venturecapital #embraceextendextinguish #enclosure #mastodon #fediverse #peoplefarmers #bigtech #siliconvalley

Last updated 2 years ago
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Aral Balkan · @aral
31510 followers · 21687 posts · Server mastodon.ar.al

Tech Bro Hypocrisy #451: Consent

“If you make something freely available on the web, we can take it and do whatever we like with it.”

– Oh, so I can just take your company’s logo and the copy from your site and use it? Download your app and redistribute it?…

“No, those are protected by trademarks, copyright, and licenses.”

🤔

#licenses #trademarks #copyright #hypocrisy #optout #optin #peoplefarmers #siliconvalley #bigtech #techbros #technology #tech #consent

Last updated 2 years ago
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Aral Balkan · @aral
31510 followers · 21687 posts · Server mastodon.ar.al

Tech Bro Hypocrisy #451: Consent

“If you make something freely available on the web, we can take it and do whatever we like with it.”

– Oh, so I can just take your company’s logo and the copy from your site and use it? Download your app and redistribute it?…

“No, those are protected by trademarks, copyright, and licenses.”

🤔

#licenses #trademarks #copyright #hypocrisy #optout #optin #peoplefarmers #siliconvalley #bigtech #techbros #technology #tech #consent

Last updated 2 years ago
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Aral Balkan · @aral
31510 followers · 21687 posts · Server mastodon.ar.al

Tech Bro Hypocrisy #951: Consent

“If you make something freely available on the web, we can take it and do whatever we like with it.”

– Oh, so I can just take your company’s logo and the copy from your site and use it? Download your app and redistribute it?…

“No, those are protected by trademarks, copyright, and licenses.”

🤔

#licenses #trademarks #copyright #hypocrisy #optout #optin #peoplefarmers #siliconvalley #bigtech #techbros #technology #tech #consent

Last updated 2 years ago
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