Innerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAt least 3 major outlets — The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit — have blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from accessing their contentwww.mediapost.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1528arrow-down14
arrow-up1524arrow-down1external-linkAt least 3 major outlets — The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit — have blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from accessing their contentwww.mediapost.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareAmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67arrow-down1·2 months agoThey think AI companies are using it as a “backdoor” to scrape their content. Which is patently ridiculous, but that won’t stop them.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoreddit already allows AI to scrape the site, specifically google.
minus-squareAmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago reddit already allows AI to scrape the site *for a fee If the wayback machine was an actually workable backdoor to Reddit’s content, none of these companies would ever have any reason to pay them, and that’s what they’re scared about.
They think AI companies are using it as a “backdoor” to scrape their content. Which is patently ridiculous, but that won’t stop them.
reddit already allows AI to scrape the site, specifically google.
*for a fee
If the wayback machine was an actually workable backdoor to Reddit’s content, none of these companies would ever have any reason to pay them, and that’s what they’re scared about.