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Originally Posted by taustin
"Copyright law does not protect names, titles, or short phrases or expressions...."
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1) This isn't a copyright issue. It's basically a bunch of bored haxx0rs who think it's clever to generate automated and scraped text. (They openly admit what they're doing, so it's unlikely they are just out for a quick buck.)
2) Copyright law would not protect someone who scraped website comments for a book.
It would cover phrases or expressions like "Go ahead, make my day" or "where's the beef," not writings culled from another website's comments section.
I don't know if anyone would actually bother to sue over this, but that's not really relevant.