dwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agoPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square311linkfedilinkarrow-up1957arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1937arrow-down1external-linkPaul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. www.theguardian.comdwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square311linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·9 days agoThat’s exactly what Meta did, they torrented the full libgen database of books. If they can do it, anybody should be able to do it.
minus-squaregolden_zealot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·9 days agoI like how their whole excuse to that was “WE DIDN’T SEED ANY OF IT BACK THOUGH” which arguably makes it even worse lol.
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·9 days agoIt doesn’t. You can download anything you want, distribution is what is illegal and criminal.
minus-squarePlasticity@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoZuck would be a hit and runner…
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·9 days agoTechnically it was never illegal in the US to download copywritten content. It was illegal to distribute them. That was literally Meta’s defence in court: they didn’t seed any downloads.
minus-squareutopiah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 days ago they didn’t seed any downloads So Meta, 100% leeching.
That’s exactly what Meta did, they torrented the full libgen database of books.
If they can do it, anybody should be able to do it.
I like how their whole excuse to that was “WE DIDN’T SEED ANY OF IT BACK THOUGH” which arguably makes it even worse lol.
It doesn’t. You can download anything you want, distribution is what is illegal and criminal.
Zuck would be a hit and runner…
Technically it was never illegal in the US to download copywritten content. It was illegal to distribute them. That was literally Meta’s defence in court: they didn’t seed any downloads.
So Meta, 100% leeching.