you're infringing HN users' copyright (and possible other rights as well), as they haven't granted you a license to copy, store and republish their content

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sillysaurusx 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Some further analysis that argues this is fair use: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440395

There's also going to be an opt-out feature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49439657

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8note 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

they certainly havr given that license

otherwise my browser could not make reproductions and store caches

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GeoAtreides 4 hours ago | parent [-]

they have granted a licence to HN (and YC-affiliated companies), not anyone else. It's that licence that permits HN, and HN only, to send users' content to your browser

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xigoi 4 hours ago | parent [-]

So if someone uses a VPN to access Hacker News, the VPN is infringing copyright?

	▲	GeoAtreides 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Transient copies of user data, in traffic, memory or caches, are protected by the copyright law, so there is no infringing.

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Melatonic 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Didn't realise everything I posted online was copyrighted by default

	▲	TheBicPen 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Any creative work you create is copyrighted by default as soon as it is recorded onto some medium, at least in the US. https://www.copyright.gov/what-is-copyright/