Digital collection question

[MattKing]

But doesn't the viewer/consumer shoulder some of the blame, like buying stolen goods?

One has to take some steps to assert "ownership" for that to be a comparable.
If something is presented in a way that permits viewing and use on one's own screens without condition, continuing to do so is merely in accord with how the thing was initially offered - essentially a permanent loan for limited purposes.

 

[Pieter12]

One has to take some steps to assert "ownership" for that to be a comparable.
If something is presented in a way that permits viewing and use on one's own screens without condition, continuing to do so is merely in accord with how the thing was initially offered - essentially a permanent loan for limited purposes.

I doubt very much the public sees images on the internet as "a permanent loan for limited purposes." AI scraping for images would be a good example.

 

[Don_ih]

Yes, but can you blame someone archiving such materials any more than someone merely viewing the content

My argument was ironic.