Interesting theory for what might have been another motivation behind the API changes. After all, Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) is a member of the Reddit board. What do you think?
edit: this is not my article by the way
It’s not their data. If you scrape Reddit for the comments are reposted them somewhere else Reddit wouldn’t be able to come after you with a copyright violation lawsuit.
Any potential copyright is still owned by the original user with Reddit having a license to sublicense for “syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Reddit.”
They would have to come after you with a ToS contract violation or maybe some kind of Computer Fraud and Misuse allegations.
I completely agree it isn’t their data. They still want money for data that isn’t theirs.
