Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it

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Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it
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why are we mad we as lemees run our own companies exactly like this πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ¦œπŸ›ΆπŸ πŸ₯”arg matee

We do it in a non-commercial nature. Meta does it in the hope of building a market, estasblishing paywalls and eventually turning a profit - all the while never paying the original creators.

This is exactly what they (and Google and many others) do with personal user data. We manufacture the data, they collect it without due consideration (payment) and use it to profit so much that they've become some of the wealthiest businesses in the world. They've robbed us via deceptive fine print, why wouldn't they think they can get away with this also?

man you didnt used to sell pirated dvds? i mean i didnt but i sure supported those who did. Guess what i am trying to say is i am always down with piracy

It's not piracy if no one can come after you matee. You wouldn't call the ships of the queen Pirates, would you?

Nah man, although I did buy some of my first CDs that were rips with home printed covers from this girl who was the daughter of my dad's lawyer friend. Nowadays though I think paying for piracy is for chumps - even if I do admit that people with hacked Firesticks get better access to live sports with their dodgy subscriptions.

i just want to let you know read your comment about 4 times and think it is very well written. You must have gone to uni

I went to 2 of them over more than 10 years (with a gap year at the end) and left with a Bachelors!!

Even so, my most prized qualification is my NVQ in Contact Centre Operations.

All true stories.

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