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some_randomyesterday at 1:39 PM1 replyview on HN

If editing an article opens you up to copyright lawsuits for "destroying their work", it's completely untenable.


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true_religionyesterday at 3:56 PM

With a moral rights framework, that depends on the content of the edit.

If for example you edit in racist views and leave the attribution of the original author because it’s just a one word change from “the holocaust” to “the alleged holocaust”, then yes you are open to a lawsuit for any harm that results from that malicious edit.

This is especially true with my example as that view would run afoul of criminal statue in many counties.

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