I fucked with the title a bit. What i linked to was actually a mastodon post linking to an actual thing. but in my defense, i found it because cory doctorow boosted it, so, in a way, i am providing the original source here.

please argue. please do not remove.

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    11 months ago

    Copyright doesn’t care if the writer is unaware of the source material because intent doesn’t matter.

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      intent does matter for fair use claims, and knowledge matters for bare infringement.