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evoke4908 | 1 year ago

Claiming that text is fiction does not change the fact that it contains illegal and potentially harmful advice presented as truth.

As a legal defense, this is on par with "copyright not intended"

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cthalupa|1 year ago

Fictional works contain illegal things and potentially harmful advice all of the time. Writing a fictional work does not allow you to ignore copyright in the real world, however. There is no world in which claiming 'copyright not intended' allows you to infringe, yet obviously there is a point where you can depict fictional acts that would not be allowed in the real world. These are obviously not equivalent.

I'm not sure if roleplaying bots at some point cross over from fiction to something else even when there are disclaimers, but I don't think your argument is a strong one.

But I'm also not a lawyer so anyone thinking about building a service like this shouldn't take my comment as advice there.