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		lunias 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a... If it's on the internet, and people can access it, then it's public. I would have no expectations for what people do with public data; that just seems like setting yourself up for disappointment.

Vvector 45 days ago [–]

Is a pirated movie, found on bittorrent, public?

IMO, your definition is overbroad

lunias 45 days ago | [–]

If it's on bittorrent then, yes, it's public. It doesn't matter if you intended it to be or not, it's publicly accessible, therefore it's public.

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